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.........=     .. FERRETS                           =.........
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.......... ......=***†£££§##########§£££†***=...... ..........
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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 .............. =.........
.......... .                                      . ..........
.......... . 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 ............... †*=.......
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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 .............. †*=.......
......=*†£ .                                      . £†*=......
.....=*†£# . 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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