Cute & Curious Black-footed Ferrets

A keeper in our Conservation department captured this video of a couple of curious Black-footed ferrets at the Phoenix Zoo! The keeper had opened the door to their enclosure to get the ferrets ready for transport and the ferrets became very curious, although cautious, about what was going on. The hole in the middle of their enclosure leads to specially designed boxes for the ferrets to hang out and hide in, mimicking the burrows and tunnels they would use out in the wild!
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[@thephoenixzoo]

Thanks Joy! We're glad you liked it!

[@FuzzyWuzzyAnipals]

Love the diving into the hole, even if it means "taking out" your buddy.

[@DyingToLive310]

He looked like he was going to move! Run back in the hole!

[@lidachavideo]

they are such scaredy-cats!!

[@jkgray1]

This is so funny. The one who just stays back to watch had me cracking up!

[@raphaelrodriguez440]

I'm gonna call mine bonnie anxiety clyde. They're outlaws

[@Avbitten]

omg they are so cute! i miss my ferret, but these endangered guys cheered me up

[@izzypotter3187]

THERE SO FLIPPIN CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😻

[@KarlSwartz]

I've watched this a few times and am afraid that I cannot tell them apart. Is the same one the adventurer or do they trade off? They are adorable either way; thank you for helping preserve their species.

[@stevenclark2188]

And the corner litter box. Yep, those are ferrets alright!

[@gabbylee4195]

adorable

[@user-yv5dy4ui4r]

Aww

[@karladams9807]

Awwwww there so cute

[@EmmaMilne-th4qh]

Cute

[@joy.275]

That was hilarious! Love it.

[@JoyFerret]

AAAWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!! SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bernicedjaballah7658]

yes

[@FoxyThePirateFoxerman]

I have a ferret lol

[@phoenixtan23]

they are so adorable, but why were they so jumpy?

[@angeldemore6922]

gotta stay alive

[@brodyturner3663]

They're very endangered I just did a presentation today on the black footed ferret in 1987 there was only 18 of these guys left today there is more than 1,000 wild black footed ferrets that range from Mexico to parts of Canada

[@user-yv5dy4ui4r]

Poor ferrets it’s sad that people would even destroy there homes

[@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759]

FUZZIES!!!💕😘🐿🐿

[@lidachavideo]

LOL funny!!

[@VzrejaDihurjev]

hahah...they are so funny when they are afraid. they are not use to the cage being open or is it the camera ?

[@henderson023]

It's a mixture of both, and while these ferrets are incredibly cute, having a healthy fear of humans is a good thing. Black-footed ferrets almost went extinct forty years ago, and if ranchers and farmers want to keep prairie dog populations under control, they need the ferrets to rebound in a big way.

[@user-yv5dy4ui4r]

I love your pfp also I think it’s both the one In the whole is scared of the camera the other one is scared of outside the cage

[@Kinsella_Finn]

Why is it so sterile?

[@vickvick3363]

Kawwaiiiiii

[@rickyswagg911]

theeere so cute ha