Did you know that the winter hats of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are made of muskrat fur? That's according to Wikipedia.
In any event, I'm not quite sure of the back story of this thread but I think it is worthy and relevant enough to keep at the top of the threads.
Although, (and this is strictly speculation) ... it may be related to the fact that bapu (like me) had a crush on Tennille in his youth.