history: I will one day own a ferret!
knowledge: The ferret (''Mustela putorius furo'') is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
response: Interesting. Did you know ferrets are related to weasels?
history: I will one day own a ferret!
Interesting. Did you know ferrets are related to weasels?
Oh thank you for the information.  Anything else you can tell me ?
knowledge: The name ''ferret'' is derived from the Latin ''furittus'', meaning ''little thief'', a likely reference to the common ferret penchant for secreting away small items.
response: Well, I do know that the word ''ferret'' comes from a word that means ''little thief'' in Latin.
history: I will one day own a ferret!
Interesting. Did you know ferrets are related to weasels?
Oh thank you for the information.  Anything else you can tell me ?
Well, I do know that the word ''ferret'' comes from a word that means ''little thief'' in Latin.
Oh, wow, I had no idea. I wonder what other people call ferrets in other parts of the world.
knowledge: Being so closely related to polecats, ferrets easily hybridize with them, and this has occasionally resulted in feral colonies of polecat-ferret hybrids that have caused damage to native fauna, especially in New Zealand.
response: I don't really know, but I know that in New Zealand polecat-ferret hybrids have caused a lot of damage to native populations.
history: I will one day own a ferret!
Interesting. Did you know ferrets are related to weasels?
Oh thank you for the information.  Anything else you can tell me ?
Well, I do know that the word ''ferret'' comes from a word that means ''little thief'' in Latin.
Oh, wow, I had no idea. I wonder what other people call ferrets in other parts of the world.
I don't really know, but I know that in New Zealand polecat-ferret hybrids have caused a lot of damage to native populations.
Very interesting .  Yeah it seems like they would find them annoying ha.  Any other facts that i should know ?
knowledge: They have an average length of including a tail, weigh about , and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years.
response: Well, they live to about 7 or 10 years.