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.:==%%%%*§     .. FERRETS                           §*%%%%==:.
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.:==*§¶###  YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ###¶§*==:.
.:==%%%*¶¶     YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.    ¶¶*%%%==:.
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......=%%§             BACKBONE ANIMALS.            §%%=......
.:==%*§¶##         CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.        ##¶§*%==:.
.:==%*§¶##       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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.:==%*§¶¶¶   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 :::::::::::::: ##¶§*%==:.
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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,           ¶¶¶§*%==:.
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.:==%*§¶## ::::::::::::::: THE MEWN ::::::::::::::: ##¶§*%==:.
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.:==%*§¶## . 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.       ##¶§*%==:.
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.:==%%%§§# ::::::::::::::: THE HUSKY :::::::::::::: #§§%%%==:.
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.:====%*¶# . 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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