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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. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #£§$^=-~..
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..~-=^$§£# ~ 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 $^=-~.....
......~-=^ was said to control. this connection ^=-~......
.......~-= might explain why many denizens have =-~.......
........~- this as their main "pet" god. -~........
.........~ ~.........
.......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the ermine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..........
.......... ~ ~ ..........
.......... ~ the lusher one in the family is the ~ ..........
.......... . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or . ..........
.......... . harvested for their beautiful fur, . ..........
.......... the white coat, very pretty, ..........
.......... although rare. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mewn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..........
.........~ ~ ~ ~.........
........~- . one of the most notable in kirugu . -~........
.......~-= . lore, the otter ferret? it goes in . =-~.......
......~-=^ rivers. there are a lot of ferrets, ^=-~......
.....~-=^$ 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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