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«,........       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,    .......,«=
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%$=«,.....   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   .....,«=$%
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=«,.......   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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%$=«,.....   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       .....,«=$%
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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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