¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ §¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ FERRETS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨...=***†@@@§###@##@###§@@@†***=...¨¨¨ ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨ 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. ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§ .............. 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. ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ............... 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. ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ ............... 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. ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§