Weasel is not even close to any kind of rat. It is completely different. It is more related to say, a mink though much smaller. Ever hear of ermine? Once highly prized for their extremely soft fur.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@egroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Rat City > i think it's called marmot, the common name is weasel, i think, > remembering that type of thing ranks up there with remembering the exact > colour of poop. i guess i should have remembered then. > > Keith Addison wrote: > > > >i have no doubt that rat would make a good nutritional supplement, i > > >suppose it would have to be renamed, like marmot. > > > > Rat Marmite? (Or is that an English joke? - you guys in the colonies > > ever heard of Marmite?) (Did I just hear 23 Australians say > > "Vegemite"?) > > > > Anyway, I'm not so sure. They're omnivores, their diet's a bit too > > all-inclusive. The omnivores and carnivores people eat are usually > > raised on non-meat diets (eg Cantonese dogs, and the Thai rats are > > veggies). > > > > That aside, you're right, and not just a supplement. Farley Mowatt > > discovered in northern Canada that the wolves he was studying, far > > from wiping out the caribou herds as alleged, had a summer diet of > > grass rats, or something like rats. To prove it was possible he went > > on the same diet himself, catching his share of rats every day and > > eating them. He couldn't take the idea of eating the bones and skins > > though, as the wolves did (they just gobbled them down whole), but he > > stayed well-fed and healthy just the same. > > > > Keith Addison > > Journey to Forever > > Handmade Projects > > Tokyo > > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > that's not rat, that's NYC Chicken ;-) > > > > > > > > --- In biofuel@egroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > 50cents for every rat pelt brought in would get a lot of > > homeless > > > > > involved. > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > >To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > eGroups Sponsor > [Corbis - The Place for Pictures Online] > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
