That poor animal. Nothing personal arvana.

Poor thing. Would it have been too hard to pour the water into the saucer?

not only that water just makes it worse, you need to milk to kill the heat.

SHIT !!! accidental upvote..

Oh please. It was a jalapeno, not a hot stove. Ferrets *live* to do crazy shit that makes you laugh, it's instinctive.

Even if this weren't fascinating I would have upvoted to counter the dirty hippies.

I guess these stupid assholes can't see that the ferret is not actually getting any water after the first few sips? Couple of smelly shitheads.

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I would have upvoted this if the poor little guy had easy access to water.

How is this "cute" or "comedy?"

edit: ( Well, now it may be "funny" 'cuz I UPVOTED by accident...grrr, my first wrong vote)

I am usually dead against "pain as humour" comedy, but I laughed at this one -- who hasn't done physiological experiments on their pets at some time in their life? And how do you know if ferrets are affected by spiciness until you try? The expression on her little face when her tongue catches fire is priceless.

And for everyone complaining about her not being able to access water, watch the video again -- she is drinking it down like crazy! A ferret would have absolutely no trouble getting to the bottom of the glass if needed, and they are definitely not withholding water from her, they're just holding the glass so it doesn't tip over.

The controversy that this is stirring up is fun though!

Actually, sugar (in a solution of water) kills heat in peppers, not milk. Scoville figured this out and it's now the basis for Scoville Units, the unit of measurement for "heat" in peppers.

From Wikipedia:

Scoville's original method for testing hotness was called the Scoville Organoleptic Test, which he developed in 1912. As originally devised, a solution of the pepper extract is diluted in sugar water until the "heat" is no longer detectable to a panel of (usually five) tasters; the degree of dilution gives its measure on the Scoville scale.

Sorry, Arvana, I had a ferret and it's just painful watching the little guy. Downvote not personal.

I think people are overreacting a bit much here. It's not like they forced the ferret to lick the pepper. And they didn't allow her to eat it. Plus it looks like she had plenty of access to the water. (Smaller animals like that don't chug water down, they take tiny sips.)

Upvote because it's cute in any case.

Having some ferrets myself, I felt bad for the poor little fuzzball but amused as well. Obviously the water isn't helping, so a bit of irritation from them not getting the animal something more helpful. A lot of irritation when the pricks give the little critter more of the pepper.

My local Indian restaurant puts one of its hottest peppers whole in its mildest curry, as a trap for the unwary. Presumably they're monsters as well.

actually, chocolate will work against hot peppers. Although I dont think it's a good thing to give a ferret.

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A lot of irritation when the pricks give the little critter more of the pepper.

The owners sound like asses. But hey, thats how I learned about peppers.

That woman's laughter was really annoying.

Not the funniest thing I've seen, but I don't really think it's cruel, either. The ferret licked it, they didn't force her to. My best friend's cat LOVES those spicy Cheetos... I mean, she just snarfs 'em down! And my parents' dog used to eat jalepenos all the time... he'd make the weirdest face, shake his head around--and go right back for more!

Actually you do use milk. Yes, Scoville used sugar water for his measurement scale, but milk does a much better job at removing the capsaicin from the receptors on your tongue. Capsaisin isn't very soluble in water, so water tends to just spread it around. However, you shouldn't actually swallow the milk, and should spit it out to prevent it from traveling farther down the throat, which a ferret certainly isn't going to know to do. The chocolate thing might work since there's lots of fats in it.

And anyway, this is exactly the reason that the peppers evolved the way they did, so that animals would learn not to eat them. That ferret will never have another one. Lesson learned. Darwin wins again.

That woman's laughter was really annoying.

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