Ferret Story Plagiarized for Steamy Romance

A wildlife journalist published a story about ferrets: their history, their habitats, their mating habits. Then one day he got an anonymous email telling him his work had been plagiarized.

Parts of it were cut and pasted, word for word, into a romance novel.

"Shadow Bear" is your standard gothic bodice-ripper set among the American Indians and the settlers in the 1850s. Shirtless tribal chiefs and feckless pioneer chicks share smoldering glances, heave bosoms, and then pause to talk about the prairie dog-sized critters. "'They are so named because of their dark legs,' Shadow Bear says, to which Shiona responds: 'They are so small, surely weighing only about two pounds and measuring two feet from tip to tail.'"

Aside from being weird and being theft, was this the world's smartest idea? I mean, ferrets are hairy little things. They're sex-crazed creatures that love hot, rough encounters in the forest.

If anything was destined for gay porn, this is it.

Ferret Story Plagiarized for Steamy Romance