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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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.&.&...&.. CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS .&&&&...&&
&&&&..&&.& MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT &...&..&.&
...&.&.&&& IT COULD BE. &..&&.&&&.
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...&.&.... "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC &.&.&&&&.&
..&&&&...& IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED &&&&...&&&
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