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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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