Heehee.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            3 days ago

            The closely-related European Polecat is also native to Europe, North America and Asia.

            Fun extra bit of trivia, it’s believed that’s what ferrets were domesticated from because they can interbreed.

            Edit: To make things even crazier, I just looked it up on Wikipedia to make sure I was right, and it’s now believed that the domestic ferret was domesticated from a North African breed of European polecat.