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...&..&.&. EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING .&&&&.&&.&
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.&.&&...&& 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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&...&...&. 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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&.&&&.&.&& MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT ..&&&&&..&
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.&...&&.&& IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED &&&..&&...
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