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,,,=^^***# YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF #***^^=,,,
,.=^%*#### YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ####*%^=.,
,.=^%*#### ####*%^=.,
,.=^*##### BACKBONE ANIMALS. #####*^=.,
,.=^%*#### CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. ####*%^=.,
,,,=^^*### COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. ###*^^=,,,
,.=^%*#### ####*%^=.,
,,,..===%# ............... 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 .............. #####%^=.,
,.=^%*#### . . ####*%^=.,
,,,,==%### . 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. #*%^^.,,,,
,.=^%*#### ####*%^=.,
,.=^%*#### ............... 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. #**^=.,,,,
,.=^%*#### ####*%^=.,
,,,,,==^*# ............... 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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