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.#.#.#.#.# Sprouts Feelers, Ten To Thirty .#.##.#..#
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.#.#.#.#.# Stage Lasts For One Or Two Weeks, .#..#.#.##
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.#.#.#.#.# Climate. .#..#.#.##
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.#.#.#.#.# Has Spread Unless Its In The Fire .#.##.#..#
.#.#.#.#.# Stage. Suddenly, As If Overnight, Whole .#..#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.# Fields Can Be Turned Ablaze (With The .#.##.#..#
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.#.#.#.#.# Blooming Peak, It'S Not Unusual For The .#.##.#..#
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.#.#.#.#.# Fifty Weeks Of The Year, While In Rat .#..#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.# Stage, The Blue Fire Feeds On The Stone .#.##.#..#
.#.#.#.#.# Itself Via A Slow Chemical Attrition. .#..#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.# This Is Enough To Keep The Roots Alive, .#.##.#..#
.#.#.#.#.# But All Growth And Procreation Must .#..#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.# Happen During The Two Weeks In June. .#.##.#..#
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.#.#.#.#.# Now The Plant Feeds On Birds; The .#.##.#..#
.#.#.#.#.# Semistiff Upright Feelers Looks Like An .#..#.#.##
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.#.#.#.#.# Tricked Into Landing Or Diving Into It. .#..#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.# They Are Quickly Paralyzed By The .#.##.#..#
.#.#.#.#.# Poison On The Purple Hairs, And .#..#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.# Devoured Over A Period Of Hours. .#.##.#..#
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.#.#.#.#.# Procreation Can Happen Sexually Via .#.##.#..#
.#.#.#.#.# Spores (Cryptogamia) Or Asexually When .#..#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.# The Roots Are Cut, Dividing An .#.##.#..#
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