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§§¨¨§§§¨¨¨                      .               ¨   §§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§                    ..                    ¨§¨¨¨§§§§§
§§§§¨§§¨§¨                 .  .                     §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨§§¨§§§§   ¨            »»  »»          ¨         ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨
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¨§§§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§§§¨¨¨§      =»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»=     ¨§¨¨§§§§§¨
§¨§¨¨§¨¨§§      £ the water crawls toward us, £     §§¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§§§¨§§¨§¨§      £         serpentine.         £     ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§§§§      =»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»=     §¨¨§¨¨§§¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨§§§
§§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨      it's a girl stingray, gorgeous,     §§¨§§§§¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§   covered in what's left of her prey.    ¨§§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§   she smiles at us, flashing her teeth,  §¨§¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨§§¨¨§¨§             a ray of stings.             §§§¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨§§¨§¨§§§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§§§
§¨§§§§¨¨¨¨    a bit later she summons a mink and    ¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§         shows us how to gut it.          §§¨§§§§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§§§§
§§¨§¨§¨§¨§                     »                    §¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§§§§§§§¨                                          §§§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨   you hold it firmly in one hand, belly  ¨¨§§¨§¨§§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§  exposed, and with a dagger cut through  ¨§¨§§§§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨   the skin starting at the guts, moving  §§§¨¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§  up over the ribcage, towards the head.  ¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§§§§§¨
§¨¨§§§§§§§    next you can just stick your hand     §¨§§¨¨¨¨§§
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§   inside, grab and pull (hold the cut    §§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨   downard at this point) and it should   ¨§§§¨¨§§¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨  all be falling out. for sticky organs   §¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§ you might have to use the dagger again.  §¨§§§§§¨§¨
§¨§¨¨§§§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
§§§¨§¨¨§§¨  then wash the mink in running water or  ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨§§§¨§¨§§          snow. and you're done!          §§¨¨§§¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§§¨¨
§§¨§¨¨¨§¨§                                          §§§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
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§¨§§§§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨