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###§¤*:~~¨ EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING ¨~~:*¤§###
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#§§¤:~¨¨¨¨ 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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###§¤*:~~¨ 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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#§*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*§#
§¤:~¨¨¨¨¨¨ MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT ¨¨¨¨¨¨~:¤§
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###§¤*:~~¨ HOLD ON I'M TRYING TO FIND THE NAME ¨~~:*¤§###
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