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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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....&.&.&. 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 &&.&&&&..&
....&.&&.. IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED .&&...&.&.
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