Cool story & facts, thanks! : )
I’m very late to this thread, but happened to hit on it tonight.
I’m a great fan of ferrets, and have had reason to learn a lot about them. They’ve been used to run line for electricity, cable, etc., for a very long time - especially in Britain. (And Marshall ferrets are very nice ones, both in terms of temperament and beauty - if you’re used to Marshall ferrets, and go to a pet shop and see the average one sold there, they look almost like different species. The Marshalls are very refined.)
-JT