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###§@=^~:. ~~~~~~~~ # egg eater # ~~~~~~~~ .:~^=@§###
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#§=~~:.... ....:~~=§#
###§@=^~:. .:~^=@§###
§=~....... 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. .:~^=@§###
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##§=^^^~:. 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~~ .:~^=@§###
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