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.,=:%$$$##      IT'S A GIRL STINGRAY, GORGEOUS,     ##$$$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@##    COVERED IN WHAT'S LEFT OF HER PREY.   ##@#$%:=,.
.....==%##   SHE SMILES AT US, FLASHING HER TEETH,  ##%==.....
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.,=:%$#@##    A BIT LATER SHE SUMMONS A MINK AND    ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$#@##          SHOWS US HOW TO GUT IT.         ##@#$%:=,.
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.,=:%%%%#@   YOU HOLD IT FIRMLY IN ONE HAND, BELLY  @#%%%%:=,.
.,=:%%%###  EXPOSED, AND WITH A DAGGER CUT THROUGH  ###%%%:=,.
.,=:%$#@##  THE SKIN STARTING AT THE GUTS, MOVING   ##@#$%:=,.
.,=:%$###@  UP OVER THE RIBCAGE, TOWARDS THE HEAD.  @###$%:=,.
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...==::$##  THEN WASH THE MINK IN RUNNING WATER OR  ##$::==...
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