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#§@§^~,...                                          ...,~^§@§#
§@§^~,....                                          ....,~^§@§
@§^~,.....                                          .....,~^§@
§^~,......     .. FERRETS                           ......,~^§
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .........,
~,........ ,                                      , ........,~
^~,....... , 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..,~^§@§##
#§@§^~,... ,                                      , ...,~^§@§#
§@§^~,.... , 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..........
.......... ,                                      , ..........
.......... , 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ......,~^§
@§^~,..... ,                                      , .....,~^§@
§@§^~,.... . 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ......,~^§
^~,....... ,                                      , .......,~^
~,........ . 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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