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######,,,,     ,, ferrets                           ,#,#,,##,#
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,,####,,,#  you see something move in the corner of ,##,,#,,#,
,#,,,#,,##     your eye - probably one of these.    #,#,##,##,
##,,##,#,#                                          ####,##,#,
,#,#,####,            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.          ,##,#,,,,,
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###,###,#, .............. 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.                         ,##,,#,##,
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,#,,,,##,, ............... 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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