• LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Following a tragic exposure to a burst of gamma radiation, that ferret ended up mutated and horribly deformed, and later went on to get elected to the House of Representatives under the moniker Matt Gaetz.

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    1 year ago

    Ferrets fucking love dark tunnels.

    We got our first ferret back in 86 on a whim. Brought her back home and basically let her run free. It took her an astonishingly short amount of time to find her way into the sump-pump drainage pipes running around the foundation of our house. She shimmied in and out like it was nothing.

    We learned all about ferret proofing very quickly after that.

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    Seems kinda crazy that they’d get obstructions in the first place. How’s stuff even get in there to begin with?

    • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      According to the article, it didn’t, but they didn’t know that when they bought the ferret. The particles weren’t making it through and they didn’t know why, so they employed a ferret to explore the tube. When she made it around, they knew there was no obstruction, and realized they had a different problem.