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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"  , #,,#,,#,#,
,,,####,,# , 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 :::::::::::::: #,,,#,,#,#
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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,           ,,###,###,
#,,#,,#,,#   although rare.                         #,#,,##,,#
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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.       #,,,###,#,
#,#,##,##,                                          ,#,,#,,###
,####,##,# ::::::::::::::: the husky :::::::::::::: ,##,##,#,,
,#,,,##,## :                                      : ##,##,###,
,##,,#,##, , 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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