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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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...^-^%@##          .pteridium aquilinum.           ##@%^-^...
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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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...^-^%@## hold on  i'm  trying  to find  the  name ##@%^-^...
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..^-^%@### "ferns  are  not   of   major   economic ###@%^-^..
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