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§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ §§§§§§§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ FERRETS §§§§§§§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§§§§§ §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨§§§§ ¨¨¨~~~~^^^*£££§##########§£££*^^^~~~~¨¨¨ §§§§§¨¨§§§
§§§¨¨¨¨§§§ §§§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§§¨¨§¨ 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. §§§§§§§§§¨
§§§§§§§¨¨§ §§§§§§§§¨¨
¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. §¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§
§§¨¨§§§§¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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