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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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,.~=$¤#### .............. the marten .............. ####¤$=~.,
,.~=^$¤¤## . . ##¤¤$^=~.,
,.~=^¤#### . 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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