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Paws & Talons Trail asks viewers to help name a ferret
The video is number three on YouTube's U.S. trending chart for Pets and Animals, and the channel's listed description simply reads Please Like and Subscribe.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on BBN After HoursPublished
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on this story, from BBN After Hours at 3:39 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are YouTube (Paws & Talons Trail)'s, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by YouTube (Paws & Talons Trail): “Paws & Talons Trail asks viewers to help name a ferret in a video with 8.9 million views”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 3:39 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance.
- BBN covered this story before: Paws & Talons Trail asks viewers to help name a ferret (October 20).
The real story
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- YouTube (Paws & Talons Trail)Paws & Talons Trail asks viewers to help name a ferret in a video with 8.9 million views
What BBN said about it
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA video called What Should I Name This Ferret, from Paws and Talons Trail.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNumber three on the U.S. trending chart for Pets and Animals. Eight million eight hundred seventy-nine thousand five hundred twenty-nine views. For one question.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo the question is a name.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne name. Turning point is right here, the blurry arm crossing the frame. That's the hand-off.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd the channel's own description?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPlease Like and Subscribe. Eight point eight million people were asked for one name, and that's still the ask.
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The story so far
- Paws & Talons Trail asks viewers to help name a ferret · YouTube (Paws & Talons Trail)
- Paws & Talons Trail asks viewers to help name a ferret (this story)
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