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&&&&&.&&&& OK A FERN IS AN OBVIOUS FRACTAL .&&&..&...
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....&&...& FERNS ARE THE RESTS OF AN ANCIENT PLANT &.........
...&.&..&& EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING &.........
..&&&&.&.& ON THE ROLES NOW GIVEN TO GRASS, &.........
.&...&&&&& BUSHES, TREES AND FLOWERS. &.........
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.&.&&...&. TWELVE THOUSAND SPEICES ARE LEFT AND &........&
&&&.&..&&. THEY LIVE IN TROPICAL MOUNTAINS HIGH &.......&&
..&&&.&.&& ABOVE THE REST OF THE WORLD. SOME FLOAT &......&..
.&..&&&&.. ON WATER. &.....&&..
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.&&&..&&.& THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FERN AND A MOSS &...&&&&.&
&..&.&.&&. IS THAT THE FERN CAN TRANSFER WATER &..&...&&&
&.&&&&&.&& WITHIN ITSELF. THE MOSS HAS TO USE &.&&..&...
&&....&&.& EXTERNAL WATER TRANSFER &&.&.&&..&
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..&..&.&&. CALLED EAGLE FERN OR BRACKEN OR EAGLE .&&&.&..&.
.&&.&&&.&. BRACKEN. IT LIVES IN COLONIES WHERE &..&&&.&&.
&.&&..&&&. EVERY INDIVIDUAL MIGHT LOOK VERY MUCH &.&..&&.&.
&&.&.&..&& ALIKE, BUT THEY EACH HAVE UNIQUE &&&.&.&&&&
.&&&&&.&.& PROPORTIONS (WHICH CAN BE HARD TO ..&&&&....
&....&&&&. SPOT). THIS MAKES THEM PERFECT ANTENNAE .&...&....
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&..&&..&&. A BIT SCARY, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU'VE .&.&.&..&.
&.&.&.&.&. HAD A FEW DRINKS. &&&&&&.&&&
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.........& IF YOU EAT THEM YOU GET SICK. IN FACT, ....&.&..&
........&& OTHER PLANTS IN THE VICINITY GET SICK ...&&&&.&&
.......&.. AS WELL. SO THERE IS ALWAYS RECEPTION ..&...&&.&
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....&&&&.& .BOTRYPUS VIRGINIANUS. &&&&..&.&&
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.&.&.&&&&& SMALL, NO HIGHER THEN THIRD A METER. .&..&.&..&
&&&&&....& CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS &&.&&&&.&&
....&...&& MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT .&&...&&..
...&&..&.& IT COULD BE. &.&..&.&..
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&....&...& .THAT OTHER NICE ONE. .&.&..&&..
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&&&&&.&&&& "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC .&&&..&...
....&&...& IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED &..&.&&..&
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