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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, ^ ##£§§^^-^.
.^-^^§§£## . 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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.......-^§ . 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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....--^§§# . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       . #§§^--....
.^-^^§§£## . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   . ##£§§^^-^.
.....^-^§£   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           £§^-^.....
.....^^§§#   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         #§§^^.....
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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     ##£§§^^-^.
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.^-^^§§£##   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     ##£§§^^-^.
..^-^^^§§#   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           #§§^^^-^..
.^-^^§§§£#   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      #£§§§^^-^.
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