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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 :::::::::::::: #,#,,##,,,
,#,#,,#,,, :                                      : ####,#,#,,
,####,##,, : 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 :::::::::::::: #,##,,,,,,
,##,,##,#, :                                      : ###,#,,,,,
,#,#,#,### , 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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