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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.          @§=«~.....
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ £§@§=«~...
..~«=§@§£@ ~                                      ~ @£§@§=«~..
.~«=§@§£@# . 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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