"Ferret Key To Bridging Digital Divide"

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That's awesome. BUT . . . did anyone happen to see that that article was published on April FIRST? I mean, it's cool if true, but I know I've seen bogus/ tongue-in-cheek stuff on MSN.com on previous April Fool's Days. . .
 
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Ambri said:
That's awesome. BUT . . . did anyone happen to see that that article was published on April FIRST? I mean, it's cool if true, but I know I've seen bogus/ tongue-in-cheek stuff on MSN.com on previous April Fool's Days. . .
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That one WAS an April Fool's joke, but ferrets have been used for running cables in the Air Force.

A ferret named Misty was used to help pull conduit at Peterson Air Force Base. Additional wires had to be run through 40-foot-long narrow pipes, called conduits, under the floor to connect computers. A piece of yarn was tied around the ferret's midsection. The animal crawled through the conduit, towing the yarn behind her. Then the loose end was tied around the wires and they were pulled through the conduit. Misty made several trips, and her work was done in an hour.
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So there was more truth to the cable story then the joke writer was probably aware.
 
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