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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, ####§§^-~.
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.~-^§§#### makes   some   sentient  bird  or  other ####§§^-~.
..~-^§§###    warm-blooded creature. lanky meat,    ###§§^-~..
.~-^§§#### incredible meat inside, mostly tendons.  ####§§^-~.
..~-^§§###           slithery but strong.           ###§§^-~..
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..~-^§§### 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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.~-^§§####           # ...~--------~... #           ####§§^-~.
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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                  ###§§^-~..
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..~-^§§### it  will  crawl  into  the teal  sphere, ###§§^-~..
.~-^§§#### disappear completely and eat it all  up, ####§§^-~.
..~-^§§### ruining   the  integrity   of  the  egg. ###§§^-~..
.~-^§§####        destroying the inhabitant.        ####§§^-~.
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.~-^§§#### 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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