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   Large Format Projectionist (benhm3@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 00:13:44 JST Large Format Projectionist

   • Charlie Stross

   @cstross

   While the word “ferrets” and the cartoon versions have huge comedic possibilities, the real thing is fuckin’ scary. If people knew about them, they wouldn’t be pets. (Their tenacity and willingness to attack creatures 100x their size are both legendary.)

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 00:13:44 JST Charlie Stross

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     @Benhm3 Yep. I have had the memorable experience of standing in a lab in front of a wall of ferret cages, with about 30 of the things *focussing* on me with feral intensity, weaving back and forth in hope of being fed. They're cute, cuddly, fur-coat-wearing land piranhas.

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     Sevoris (sevoris@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 15:46:05 JST Sevoris

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     • Charlie Stross

     @cstross @Benhm3 I suspect Piranah‘s have less of a pressure to keep up some enormous calories intake.

     Also, there‘s images of ferrets riding birds down, teeth in the bird‘s neck. They have *commitment.*

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:52:00 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Sevoris

     @Sevoris @Benhm3 To be fair, ferrets are small/light enough they can probably survive quite a long fall!