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,~~^^$&£## YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&&&# #&&&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## BACKBONE ANIMALS. ##£&$^^~~,
,~^^$&£### CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. ###£&$^^~,
,~~^^$&£## COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. ##£&$^^~~,
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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 , #£&^~~,,,,
,~~^^$&£## OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON, ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE ##£&$^^~~,
,~~~^^$&&# CAUGHT. #&&$^^~~~,
,~~^^$&£## ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MARTEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##£&$^^~~,
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &^^^^~,,,,
,~~^^$&&&£ ~ ~ £&&&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## ~ THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE ~ ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## , ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR , ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## , HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR, , ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$&£## THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY, ##£&$^^~~,
,~~^^$£### ALTHOUGH RARE. ###£$^^~~,
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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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