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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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@@#§$†^«~, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ERMINE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,~«^†$§#@@
#@#§$†^«~, ~                                      ~ ,~«^†$§#@#
§§§$$†^«~, ~ THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  ~ ,~«^†$$§§§
§†«~,,,,,, , 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.       ,,,,~~^††§
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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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