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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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†\«:,,,,,, : MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, : ,,,,,,:«\†
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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,           ,,,,,,:«\†
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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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