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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~,,,,,,,,,
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^;«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«;^% ~ ~ %^;«~,,,,,
,,,,~«;^%# ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. #%^;«~,,,,
,,,~«;^%#£ £#%^;«~,,,
,,~«;^%#£@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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