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..~†*&@@## ## ..~~~.. ## ##@@&*†~..
..~†*&@@## ~~~~~~~~ # 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~~ ###@@&*†..
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