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##,,,##,,,     ,, ferrets                           ,###,#,,##
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#,#,,####, you see something move in the corner of  ,,###,####
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,#,,#,#,,,            backbone animals.             ,#####,,##
##,####,,,        cat-snakes, or so called.         #,,,,#,#,#
,##,,,#,,#       comes in different flavours.       #,,,#####,
#,#,,##,##                                          #,,#,,,,#,
###,#,##,# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##,,###,##
####,,#,## ~                                      ~ ,#,#,,##,#
,,,#,###,, , 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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