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...=^*$§##     .. FERRETS                           ##§$*^=...
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...=^*$§## ......=^^^*$$$§##########§$$$*^^^=...... ##§$*^=...
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...=^*$§##  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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