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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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