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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 -------------- ##£$†;«-..
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....-«;†$£ - THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, - £$†;«-....
.....-«;†$ . OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  . $†;«-.....
......-«;† . IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      . †;«-......
.......-«;   THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE   ;«-.......
........-«   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   «-........
.........-   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   -.........
..........   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          ..........
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.......... -------------- THE ERMINE -------------- ..........
.......... -                                      - ..........
.......... - THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  - ..........
.......... . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       . ..........
.......... . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   . ..........
..........   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ..........
..........   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ..........
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........-« --------------- THE MEWN --------------- «-........
.......-«; -                                      - ;«-.......
......-«;† . ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    . †;«-......
.....-«;†$ . 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 -------------- £$†;«-....
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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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