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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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, §%:---,...
.,-:§%§### ,                                      , ###§%§:-,.
..,-:§%%## , 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.                         §§§§-,....
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...,:::%§# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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.       ###§%§:-,.
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.,-:§%§### ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, THE HUSKY ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ###§%§:-,.
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.,-:§%%%§§ . 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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