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,,-:†£#@## ,, ferrets ##@#£†:-,,
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,,-:†£#@## 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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