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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 ::::::::::::::: ,,,,,##,##
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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.       #,##,##,#,
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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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