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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 :::::::::::::: $%:~:.....
......:~:% :                                      : %:~:......
.....:~:%$ . 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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