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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 :::::::::::::: #@§£=\-:..
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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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