The ferret is a domesticated for of the European Polecat.
My friend had a pet ferret one time. They are messy and have an odor.
They have an odor? I didn't know that. I do know that they have brown, black, white or mixed fur.
The one my friend had was brown. Yes, they can have a very distinct odor! Sometimes it is unbearable!
Ferrets tend be sexually dimorphic, this means that males are substantially larger than females.
Oh, I didn't know that! Very interesting. My friends ferret was pretty small!
Must have been a female, also some parts of the world have imposed restrictions on keeping ferrets.
I wonder why anyone would restrict ferrets? They are nice animals for the most part.
domestication is uncertain, like that of most other domestic animals, but it is likely that they have been domesticated for at least 2,500 years. They are still used for hunting rabbits in some parts of the world, but increasingly they are kept only as pets.
Being so closely related to polecats, ferrets easily hybridize with them, and this has occasionally resulted in feral colonies of polecat–ferret hybrids that have caused damage to native fauna, especially in New Zealand. As a result, New Zealand and some other
Ferret
The ferret ("Mustela putorius furo") is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, "Mustela", in the family Mustelidae. Their fur is typically brown, black, white, or mixed. They have an average length of , including a tail, weigh about , and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators, with males being substantially larger than females.
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