.,\*$¤@### ###@¤$*\,.
.,~\*$$$$@ @$$$$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## ##@¤$*\~,.
.....,\$$¤ ¤$$\,.....
.,~\*$¤@@# #@@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## ## .,~~~,. ## ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## ~~~~~~~~ # egg eater # ~~~~~~~~ ##@¤$*\~,.
..,,,\*¤@# ## .,~~~,. ## #@¤*\,,,..
..,~\\$$@# #@$$\\~,..
....~**$$¤ ¤$$**~....
.,~\*$¤@## absolutely spherical egg. find it on ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## large sandy beaches, upshore where ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤¤¤¤ dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, ¤¤¤¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## makes some sentient bird or other ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, ##@¤$*\~,.
....,\\$@# incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. #@$\\,....
.,~\*$¤¤¤# slithery but strong. #¤¤¤$*\~,.
....,,~\$¤ ¤$\~,,....
.,~\*$¤@## the egg has an opening. the egg has a ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*¤@### belly button. looks like a rubber ###@¤*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## a hole. ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤¤¤# #¤¤¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@@@ # ...,~~~~~~~~,... # @@@¤$*\~,.
.,\*$¤@### ###@¤$*\,.
.,~\*$¤@## and on these beaches there's a ##@¤$*\~,.
....~\\*¤@ particular snake or lizard which @¤*\\~....
..,,,~\*¤@ certainly eats insects most of the @¤*\~,,,..
...,~\***¤ time, but it knows a good belly button ¤***\~,...
.,~\*¤@### when it sees one, and knows to enter ###@¤*\~,.
.,~\*$¤### the egg ###¤$*\~,.
...,,~\*$@ @$*\~,,...
.,~\*$¤@## it will crawl into the teal sphere, ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## disappear completely and eat it all up, ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## ruining the integrity of the egg. ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## destroying the inhabitant. ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*¤@### ###@¤*\~,.
.,~\*$$¤@@ it's a grisly sight when it cracks @@¤$$*\~,.
.....,,\*¤ open, the reptile taking the quick ¤*\,,.....
.,~\*$¤@## exit, emerging bloodied and victorious ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## and satisfied~~ ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$$$@@ @@$$$*\~,.
..,~~~\$¤@ @¤$\~~~,..
.,~\*$¤@## ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$¤@## ##@¤$*\~,.
.,~\*$$$$@ @$$$$*\~,.