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.......... .. FERRETS ....¤.¤¤..
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¤¤........ YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ........¤.
¤¤¤....... YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ..........
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..¤¤¤..... BACKBONE ANIMALS. ¤¤........
..¤.¤¤.... CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. .¤¤.......
....¤¤¤... COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. .¤¤¤......
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......¤¤¤. ............... 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 .............. ......¤¤¤.
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¤....¤.... . 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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