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&...&...&. you see something move in the corner of ...&...&&&
.&..&&..&& your eye - probably one of these. ...&&..&..
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.&.&&&&&&& backbone animals. ...&&&&&.&
&&&&...... cat-snakes, or so called. &..&....&&
....&..... comes in different flavours. .&.&&...&.
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&...&.&... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the mink ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, &...&&&.&.
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..&.&...&. , minks, also called the snow ferrets, , &&&.&&.&..
..&&&&..&& . make up the "wandering food supply" . ...&&.&&&.
..&...&.&. . used by the shamans and underlings . ...&.&&..&
&.&&..&&&& of kirugu vargir. when called upon, &..&&&.&.&
.&&.&.&... they present themselves, and can be .&.&..&&&&
&&.&&&&&.. caught. .&&&&.&...
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&&&.&...&& ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the marten ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .&&..&..&.
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.&.&..&.&& , the marten is the sneakier one here, , ..&&&&.&&.
.&&&&.&&&. . often used for spying, or stealing. . ..&...&&.&
&&...&&..& . in the older tales about vidmi, . &.&&..&.&&
..&..&.&.& these are probs the ferrets that she &&&.&.&&&.
..&&.&&&&& was said to control. this connection &..&&&&..&
&.&.&&.... might explain why many denizens have &&.&...&.&
.&&&&.&... this as their main "pet" god. ..&&&..&&&
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&.&..&..&. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the ermine ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, &.&&.&&&&.
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....&&.&&. , the lusher one in the family is the , ...&&.&..&
&...&.&&.& . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or . ...&.&&&.&
.&..&&&.&& . harvested for their beautiful fur, . &..&&&..&&
&&&.&..&&. the white coat, very pretty, &&.&..&.&.
&..&&&.&.& although rare. ..&&&.&&&&
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.&&&&.&... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the mewn ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, &.&&.&.&..
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.&&..&..&. . one of the most notable in kirugu . &&.&&....&
&&.&.&&.&& . lore, the otter ferret? it goes in . ..&&.&...&
..&&&&.&&. rivers. there are a lot of ferrets, &.&.&&&..&
&.&...&&.& but for some reason, this otter one .&&&&..&.&
.&&&..&.&& is hardly ever seen. it might be .&...&.&&&
&&..&.&&&. that it is unbound...? &&&..&&&..
&.&.&&&..& locals use it for sport fishing. ...&.&..&.
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.....&.&&& ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the husky ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .&.&...&&.
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&....&..&. . the husky may seem like a dog, but . .....&.&&&
.&...&&.&& . it is actually a kind of ferret. . &....&&&..
.&&..&.&&. this makes it the largest of the &&...&..&.
.&.&.&&&.& phylum, and it's the most recently ..&..&&.&&
&&&&&&..&& evolved as well, bred for use as a ..&&.&.&&.
&.....&.&. predator. it's made more dangerous &.&.&&&&.&
.&....&&&& by the fact that it's almost &&&&&...&&
&&&...&... completely unknown to biologists. .....&..&.
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