,,,,~†$$##                                          ##$$†~,,,,
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,,~†††$##@                                          @##$†††~,,
,,,,,,,††#                                          #††,,,,,,,
,,,,,,††##                                          ##††,,,,,,
,,,,,,,†$@              ## ,,~~~,, ##               @$†,,,,,,,
,,,,,~†$$@ ~~~~~~~~   #   egg   eater  #   ~~~~~~~~ @$$†~,,,,,
,,~††$#@##               ## ,,~~~,, ##              ##@#$††~,,
,,,,~†††##                                          ##†††~,,,,
,,~††$####                                          ####$††~,,
,,~††$#@@# absolutely  spherical  egg.  find it  on #@@#$††~,,
,,~††††$##    large sandy beaches, upshore where    ##$††††~,,
,,~††$#@## dunes  meet  shadowy  pines.  teal  egg, ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@##                                          ##@#$††~,,
,,,,,~††#@ makes  some   sentient  bird  or   other @#††~,,,,,
,,~††$#@##    warm-blooded creature. lanky meat,    ##@#$††~,,
,,,,††$$$@ incredible meat inside, mostly tendons.  @$$$††,,,,
,,~††$#@@#           slithery but strong.           #@@#$††~,,
,,,,,†††$@                                          @$†††,,,,,
,,~††$#@## the egg  has an opening.  the egg  has a ##@#$††~,,
,,,,,,†††# belly   button.   looks  like  a  rubber #†††,,,,,,
,,,,,,,††# vortex, the  crust gets soft and becomes #††,,,,,,,
,,~††$#@##                 a hole.                  ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@##                                          ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@@#           # ,,,,~~~~~~~~,,,, #           #@@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@##                                          ##@#$††~,,
,,~†††††$@ and   on   these   beaches   there's   a @$†††††~,,
,,~††$#@##     particular snake or lizard which     ##@#$††~,,
,,~†††$$@# certainly  eats   insects  most  of  the #@$$†††~,,
,,~††$#@## time, but  it knows  a good belly button ##@#$††~,,
,,,,,,~††# when  it sees one,  and  knows  to enter #††~,,,,,,
,,,,††††$@                 the egg                  @$††††,,,,
,,,,,~††##                                          ##††~,,,,,
,,~††$#@## it  will  crawl  into  the  teal sphere, ##@#$††~,,
,,~††#@### disappear  completely and eat it all up, ###@#††~,,
,,,,~~†### ruining  the   integrity  of  the   egg. ###†~~,,,,
,,~††$@###        destroying the inhabitant.        ###@$††~,,
,,,,,,††$@                                          @$††,,,,,,
,,~††††$$# it's  a  grisly  sight  when  it  cracks #$$††††~,,
,,~††$#@## open,   the  reptile  taking  the  quick ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@##  exit, emerging bloodied and victorious  ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@##             and satisfied~~              ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@##                                          ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$#@##                                          ##@#$††~,,
,,~††$$#@@                                          @@#$$††~,,
,,,,~††###                                          ###††~,,,,
,,~††$#@##                                          ##@#$††~,,