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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.       £$†*~:,,,,
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,,,,,,:~*† ::::::::::::::: THE MINK ::::::::::::::: †*~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~*†$ :                                      : $†*~:,,,,,
,,,,:~*†$£ : 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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