I remember reading this as well - but the culprits were weasels, not ferrets (admittedly some would say minor difference). There was a section of the book "The Incredible Journey" that detailed this...
The dogs scare a weasel from a porcupine carcas and really enjoy it. Later they try to attack a porcupine themselves and don't do a very good job of it. Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:13 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: 8 feet > > > OK, you realize of course that ferrets are from Europe, while the > porcupine's range is restricted to the Americas. I'd put this > one right up > there with ferrets stealing sheep. > > larry > > At 04:26 PM 12/5/02 -0700, you wrote: > >Did you know that ferrets in the winter in the wild will watch for > >porcupines. When they see one, they will run up ahead of > it, burrow in > >the snow to where they think the porcupine will pass. If > the porcupine > >passes over on the snow, they reach up and gut it and eat it > from the > >stomach out! DRE > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:22 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: 8 feet > > > > > > > > > That was all last winter. > > > > > > BTW the ferrets were all wimps! I put them out in the > back yard (not > > > all at once thank goodness), and each one made a bee-line to the > > > back door. Not one was interested. > > > > > > Maybe tomorrow I'll try again. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > Snow! > > > >> > > > >> 8 inches and possibly more. I hope the whole region > get snowed > > > >> under for another few days. > > > > > > > > > > > >#$(%*$%^ > > > >#%^*#%)^*% > > > > > > > > > > > >its december and no snow in anchorage yet. > > > >it sux > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
