Monday, July 17, 2006

Napoleon the Ferret


I thought the historical Napoleon was supposed to have a powerful body odour but my search on the subject only had stuff relating to Napoleon enjoying Josephine's bodily smell; “I return in three days,” he wrote. “Don't bathe.” Fitting to have a ferret named after him then.
Apparently Napoleon was of above average height for a Frenchman. He was also born with a full set of teeth which brings us back to ferrets. They are very active creatures when they are awake, and accordingly hard to photograph but when they are asleep they are dead to the world. They don't like this hot weather at all but we spray them with a fine water mist and give them as much shade as possible.

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