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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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###@$%/«-. - - .-«/%$@###
#@%«...... - the marten is the sneakier one here, - ......«%@#
###@$%/«-. . often used for spying, or stealing. . .-«/%$@###
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###@$%/«-. was said to control. this connection .-«/%$@###
###@$%/«-. might explain why many denizens have .-«/%$@###
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###@$%/«-. -------------- the ermine -------------- .-«/%$@###
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###@$%/«-. - the lusher one in the family is the - .-«/%$@###
###@$%/«-. . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or . .-«/%$@###
#@%/-..... . harvested for their beautiful fur, . .....-/%@#
###@$%/«-. the white coat, very pretty, .-«/%$@###
####$%/«-. although rare. .-«/%$####
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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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###@$%/«-. . the husky may seem like a dog, but . .-«/%$@###
##@@$%/«-. . it is actually a kind of ferret. . .-«/%$@@##
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###@$%/«-. evolved as well, bred for use as a .-«/%$@###
###@$%/«-. predator. it's made more dangerous .-«/%$@###
###@$%/«-. by the fact that it's almost .-«/%$@###
###@$%/«-. completely unknown to biologists. .-«/%$@###
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