Is that a ferret in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

 Police said a homeless man in north Florida had a stolen ferret hidden in his pants.  And he made it out the door before being challenged.

A 17-year-old witness confronted Bolton in the parking lot about the ferret  and was bitten by the animal after the man allegedly shoved it in the teen's face  It gets worse,  the ferret is a "special weapon" under Florida law. So Bolton also faces battery charges for dangerously waving the animal in the bystander's face.

The theif, Rodney Bolton, 38, was charged with theft over the $129 animal that police say he took from a pet store in Jacksonville Beach.

Ferrets are nocturnal, playful, curious & intelligent.  Many ferrets are sold as domestic pets.