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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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@@$†..,,,, ............... THE MINK ............... ,,,,..†$@@
##¶@$*†~., .                                      . ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~., . MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, . ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~., , MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  , ,.~†*$@¶##
¶$$$$*†~., , USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS   , ,.~†*$$$$¶
¶¶¶@$*†~.,   OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON,    ,.~†*$@¶¶¶
##¶@$*†~.,   THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE    ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~.,   CAUGHT.                                ,.~†*$@¶##
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#@*†~...,, .............. THE MARTEN .............. ,,...~†*@#
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##¶@$*†~., . THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, . ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~., , OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  , ,.~†*$@¶##
###@$*†~., , IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      , ,.~†*$@###
@$†††..,,,   THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE   ,,,..†††$@
@*††~,,,,,   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   ,,,,,~††*@
¶$$*†~~,,,   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   ,,,~~†*$$¶
##¶@$*†~.,   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          ,.~†*$@¶##
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#¶$*~.,,,, .............. THE ERMINE .............. ,,,,.~*$¶#
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@@**†.,,,, . THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  . ,,,,.†**@@
##¶@$*†~., , ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       , ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~., , HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   , ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~.,   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~.,   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ,.~†*$@¶##
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@*††~~,,,, ............... THE MEWN ............... ,,,,~~††*@
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##¶@$*†~., , ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    , ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~., , LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   , ,.~†*$@¶##
@@$†~.,,,,   RIVERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FERRETS,    ,,,,.~†$@@
¶@@$†~.,,,   BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE    ,,,.~†$@@¶
##¶@$*†~.,   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~.,   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 ,.~†*$@¶##
@****†...,   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       ,...†****@
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@$†~~~~,,, ............... THE HUSKY .............. ,,,~~~~†$@
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##¶@$*†~., , THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   , ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~., , IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     , ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~.,   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ,.~†*$@¶##
##¶@$*†~.,   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     ,.~†*$@¶##
¶¶¶@$*†~.,   EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A     ,.~†*$@¶¶¶
¶$*~,,,,,,   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     ,,,,,,~*$¶
@$$***†~.,   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           ,.~†***$$@
##¶@$*†~.,   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ,.~†*$@¶##
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