How could Black-footed Ferrets survive despite having such a narrow gene pool?
It all has to do with the marvelous fecundity and relatively short life span of some species which allows them to breed through the destruction caused by a small gene pool, same as mice, rats, and cats do when they are introduced onto islands.
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