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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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