tags: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes, endangered species, cute overload, streaming video
An endangered black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes, steals a CNN microphone cover. This is an animal that can move as fast backwards as forwards, or so it appears. Short, but incredibly cute footage of this lovely species. [0:46]
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Cute, yes. But I can't help but be disturbed by the barren cage they are keeping that intelligent animal in.
I hope it just a temporary holding pen. Or that they provide plenty of stimulus in other ways. Otherwise, it is animal abuse in my book.
http://www.blackfootedferret.org/
This organization is devoted to the recovery of the black footed ferret in the wild.
An excellent organization and worthy of a few bucks if you can spare them.
Very cute -- I like the way the foreshortening shows off the ferret's "stretchyness". Is this the same species found as "pet" ferrets? The latter are certainly fun pets!
pet ferrets are a different species, Mustela putorius furo, which were domesticated in Europe. they were probably domesticated as early as 1500 BC and are possibly a hybrid between two species of polecats.