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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. .##..####.
....###### ......##..
###..####. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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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