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####...... ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. #####...##
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##....##.. WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE ###.......
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#####..### THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND ....#....#
####....## A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A ###...##..
.##..##... YOUNG SALIX TREE, AND HAS A ##..#.....
........## SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. ......####
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..####.... THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. .###......
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#..##..### DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. .....#####
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.######... A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE ###....##.
..####..## IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE ##..##....
#..##....# DURING THE COURSE OF IT'S LIFE. WITH #......###
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.####....# CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL ...##.....
..##..##.. EVENTUALLY BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AND ##....####
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