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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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