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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 --------------- ¨-~†††%&&#
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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 -------------- ¨¨¨-†%%&&&
###&*%†~-¨ - - ¨-~†%*&###
###&*%†~-¨ - 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. ¨-~†%*&###
###&*%†~-¨ ¨-~†%*&###
&%††-¨¨¨¨¨ --------------- 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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