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«^,,,,,,,,     ,, FERRETS                           ,,,,,,,,^«
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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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#&$*=«^,,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MINK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,^«=*$&#
&$*=«^,,,, ^                                      ^ ,,,,^«=*$&
$*=«^,,,,, ^ MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, ^ ,,,,,^«=*$
*=«^,,,,,, , 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,,,,^«=*
$*=«^,,,,, ^                                      ^ ,,,,,^«=*$
&$*=«^,,,, ^ THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, ^ ,,,,^«=*$&
#&$*=«^,,, , OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  , ,,,^«=*$&#
##&$*=«^,, , IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      , ,,^«=*$&##
###&$*=«^,   THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE   ,^«=*$&###
##&$*=«^,,   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   ,,^«=*$&##
#&$*=«^,,,   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   ,,,^«=*$&#
&$*=«^,,,,   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          ,,,,^«=*$&
$*=«^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^«=*$
*=«^,,,,,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,,,,,,^«
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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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