playing https://scienceblogs.com/ en Kitten vs Ferret https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/01/18/kitten-vs-ferret <span>Kitten vs Ferret</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><font size="-2">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/kitten-vs-ferret" rel="tag">kitten vs ferret</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></font> </p><p>This is a really amusing video of a kitten and a ferret playing with each other -- who won? [1:19]</p> <!--more--><object width="425" height="373"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r4Q3F7ctpA0&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r4Q3F7ctpA0&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Fri, 01/18/2008 - 02:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/animalia" hreflang="en">Animalia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ferret" hreflang="en">ferret</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kitten" hreflang="en">kitten</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kitten-versus-ferret" hreflang="en">kitten versus ferret</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/playing" hreflang="en">playing</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/behavior" hreflang="en">behavior</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058612" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200655056"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Oh, a draw seems fair :o)<br /> Obviously the ferret didn't want to hurt the kitten.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058612&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="SWlsAKgXhf-hDpBN5r9zXb-gAtfhPFQjEzjSDKUKp5A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Chris&#039; Wills (not verified)</span> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058612">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058613" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200657664"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The ferret cheated! And I bet it ran away crying to its big <i>Josephoartigasia</i> brother.</p> <p>Bob</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058613&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Zsp-Bp063pxk5cm6VREczLyX-RkR9iMEsD5ecg4YuTQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://deepthoughtsandsilliness.blogspot.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bob O&#039;H (not verified)</a> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058613">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058614" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200667560"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The ferret did not cheat. It just made better use of the features of the arena. Given that it was fighting an opponent in a different weight class, this was merely good strategy. Still, in the end, it did withdraw from the competition, so the kitten wins by default. This shows that old age and treachery do not <i>always</i> defeat youth and enthusiasm.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058614&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="NYHY9Xrrj9NoyfhcUMsI7MDYltbSDEGkgnXUtVKRN3s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dangerous Dan (not verified)</span> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058614">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058615" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200675206"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This is a really amusing video of a kitten and a ferret playing with each other -- who won?</p> <p>I won! LOL! I love cats and ferrets are cute too! Thanks for the video and have a great weekend!<br /> Dave Briggs :~)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058615&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="rZhmJ6UjX2ZMKnhDJjrPjFjZ3fH2X8UtPceIhf7yHYo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dave Briggs (not verified)</span> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058615">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058616" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200682912"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Bob: I don't know if you meant it to be funny two ways or one, but there is a common misconception out there that ferrets are rodents. So, for the benefit of any other readers who might otherwise take that lesson away from here, I'd like to point out that ferrets are not rodents, but members of Mustelidae, the weasel family, in order Carnivora.</p> <p>Now that that's cleared up, as long as everyone knows it's a joke, and not a scientific fact, let the rodent jokes continue. :-)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058616&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="-IwXZLdVCpGQ6me-OHreZxWKHgWZX25pUaeC25qb7J0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ferretfriends.org/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Randy Owens (not verified)</a> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058616">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058617" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200685546"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>They may be mustelids, but they <i>look</i> like the bastard offspring of a rat and a stretch limo...</p> <p>Personally, I wouldn't let a cat play with a ferret. An ex-roommate of mine had a ferret that bit an enormous hole in my cat's throat, and my cat's the least aggressive thing on four legs, so it had to have been the ferret that caused it. (My cat's reaction to other animals is generally either fear, or "Hi! I'm a cat! Want to be my friend?")</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058617&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="KwYnrZR2sHF_UzobX8btFtKwQOC8GX1BkgAX6gmSM1c"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Interrobang (not verified)</span> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058617">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058618" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200705243"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thanks for the clarification. I did know, but you didn't know I did know (etc. etc.). I've recently been doing some work on cycling stoats and weasels.</p> <p>Bob</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058618&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="s7dJu3sgIyXrVC1qAJnd8zXj4f9cQIoogwLbx2lL4eU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://deepthoughtsandsilliness.blogspot.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bob O&#039;H (not verified)</a> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058618">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2058619" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1200715015"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><blockquote><p>.....I've recently been doing some work on cycling stoats and weasels.<br /> Posted by: Bob O'H</p></blockquote> <p>You've trained stoats and weasels to ride bicycles!?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2058619&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="u2sidFI3uarvLqBjP8vk_MGttpcTz_CF5TymdYJ9qys"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Chris&#039; Wills (not verified)</span> on 18 Jan 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25365/feed#comment-2058619">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2008/01/18/kitten-vs-ferret%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:59:50 +0000 grrlscientist 86402 at https://scienceblogs.com