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Ferret pellets, meat and eggs
Ferrets are domesticated from European polecats
Ferrets were domesticated from European polecats (Mustela putorius) approximately 2,500 years ago to use for hunting rabbits, rodents and moles.
A group of ferrets is called a business
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