Nope. Their prey drive, and rabbit's inherent fear of fast moving things with teeth is why we work them. Otherwise all ferrets would bolt rabbits, rather then the differing qualities of working ability.
smell is as important to the ferret as its teeth are, it uses it as we would use our facial expressions, have you not ever smelt an aggitated ferret scent is a very,very big part of most animals lives
But rabbits don't bolt because of the smell, that was the original statement.
its possible mate, ive had rabbits in nets in the past from just a terrier digging at a hole.so they can bol