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#@§%=:«-..     IT'S A GIRL STINGRAY, GORGEOUS,      ..-«:=%§@#
##@§%=:«-.    COVERED IN WHAT'S LEFT OF HER PREY.   .-«:=%§@##
#@§%=:«-..   SHE SMILES AT US, FLASHING HER TEETH,  ..-«:=%§@#
@§%=:«-...             A RAY OF STINGS.             ...-«:=%§@
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%=:«-.....    A BIT LATER SHE SUMMONS A MINK AND    .....-«:=%
=:«-......          SHOWS US HOW TO GUT IT.         ......-«:=
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-.........  EXPOSED, AND WITH A DAGGER CUT THROUGH  .........-
«-........   THE SKIN STARTING AT THE GUTS, MOVING  ........-«
:«-.......  UP OVER THE RIBCAGE, TOWARDS THE HEAD.  .......-«:
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%=:«-.....    NEXT YOU CAN JUST STICK YOUR HAND     .....-«:=%
§%=:«-....    INSIDE, GRAB AND PULL (HOLD THE CUT   ....-«:=%§
@§%=:«-...   DOWNARD AT THIS POINT) AND IT SHOULD   ...-«:=%§@
#@§%=:«-..  ALL BE FALLING OUT. FOR STICKY ORGANS   ..-«:=%§@#
##@§%=:«-. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO USE THE DAGGER AGAIN.  .-«:=%§@##
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@§%=:«-...  THEN WASH THE MINK IN RUNNING WATER OR  ...-«:=%§@
§%=:«-....          SNOW. AND YOU'RE DONE!          ....-«:=%§
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