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..:-^§@#@#     .. FERRETS                           #@#@§^-:..
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....:-^§@# ...:::-^^^§@@@#@@@####@@@#@@@§^^^-:::... #@§^-:....
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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.                         #@#@§^-:..
...:-^§@#@                                          @#@§^-:...
....:-^§@# ::::::::::::::: 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.       #@#@§^-:..
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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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