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##@@@§†«~. .. FERRETS .~«†§@@@##
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@@@@@§†«~. YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF .~«†§@@@@@
@@@@†~.... YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ....~†@@@@
##@@@§†«~. .~«†§@@@##
##@@@§†«~. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«†§@@@##
@@§§†~.... ~ ~ ....~†§§@@
##@@@§†«~. ~ 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. .~«†§@@@##
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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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