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%^~....... .. FERRETS .......~^%
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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. ....~^%*@#
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#@#@*%^~.. ............... 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 .............. .........~
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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 .............. .....~^%*@
*%^~...... . . ......~^%*
%^~....... . 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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