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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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