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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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.....~~/*£ 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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...~~/*£ "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC #&£*/~~...
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