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#,#,##,#,#     ,, ferrets                           #,#,#,##,#
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#,#,##,#,# ,,,---~;;;%&&&############&&&%;;;~---,,, #,#,#,##,#
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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.                                #,#,#,##,#
#,#,,#,#,,                                          #,#,#,,#,,
#,#,##,#,# -------------- 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.          #,#,#,##,#
#,#,,#,#,,                                          #,#,#,,#,,
#,#,##,#,# -------------- 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.                         #,#,#,##,#
#,#,,#,#,,                                          #,#,#,,#,,
#,#,##,#,# --------------- 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.       #,#,#,##,#
#,#,,#,#,,                                          #,#,#,,#,,
#,#,##,#,# --------------- 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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