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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,^~**@§§§@
##@§@**~^, ^ ^ ,^~**@§@##
##@§@**~^, ^ 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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