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@#$$$%:«., ,, ferrets ,.«:%$$$#@
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@@#@$%:«., your eye - probably one of these. ,.«:%$@#@@
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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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#@#@$%:«., , ermine. used as bedwarmers, or , ,.«:%$@#@#
##$$%«,,,, , harvested for their beautiful fur, , ,,,,«%$$##
@@%:.,,,,, 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 ,,,,,.«:%@
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@@#@$%:«., evolved as well, bred for use as a ,.«:%$@#@@
#@#@$%:«., predator. it's made more dangerous ,.«:%$@#@#
#$:«.,,,,, by the fact that it's almost ,,,,,.«:$#
#@%%::..,, completely unknown to biologists. ,,..::%%@#
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