On: Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle...

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Absolutely, ferrets are first rate company, and never a dull moment. Except, that is, when play abruptly stops because everybody momentarily goes to sleep.

At least in English, mustelids have inspired a good many verbs. You can weasel, you can badger, you can ferret. Unsurprising, really, once you get acquainted with their extremely personable nature.

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> when play abruptly stops bedause everybody moentarily goes to sleep

Or they've all hatched a new plot and run off to hide... And then fell asleep there.