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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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...^~*%§£@ . 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,    #@£§%*~^..
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..^~*%§£@#   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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