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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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..~*$### "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC ####&$*~..
..~****$## IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED ##$****~..
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