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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 .............. ###&%%^«.,
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,,,.«^%%&# . 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 .............. %%^«.,,,,,
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,,,.«^%%&# . 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.       #&%%^«.,,,
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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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