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.#..##.#.. ========   #   egg   eater  #   ======== #...######
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#..###..## absolutely  spherical egg.  find  it  on .###..#.##
#.#..#.#..    large sandy beaches, upshore where    #..#.###..
###.####.# dunes  meet  shadowy  pines.  teal  egg, #.###..#.#
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.#.#..#.#. 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.                  ##..#.....
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.##.##...# 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.        .#.#...#.#
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.###....## 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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