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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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&&&&&&&... .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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