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,:«:$%§###             BACKBONE ANIMALS.            ###§%$:«:,
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,:«:$%%%%§       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       §%%%%$:«:,
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,:«:$%§### ::::::::::::::: THE MINK ::::::::::::::: ###§%$:«:,
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,:«:$%§### : MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, : ###§%$:«:,
,:«:%§#### , MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  , ####§%:«:,
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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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,:«:$%%%##   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ##%%%$:«:,
,:«:$%§###   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ###§%$:«:,
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,:«:$%§### , LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   , ###§%$:«:,
,:«:$%§§§#   RIVERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FERRETS,    #§§§%$:«:,
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,:«:$%§###   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       ###§%$:«:,
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,:«:$%§###   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ###§%$:«:,
,:«:$%§###   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     ###§%$:«:,
,:«:$%§###   EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A     ###§%$:«:,
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,:«:$%§###   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ###§%$:«:,
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