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.,~:%$#@## place a flock  of birds  at the edge and ##@#$%:~,.
.,~:%$#¶@# make  their  calls  tesselate  over  the #@¶#$%:~,.
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.,~:%$#¶@# a  seagull can  be defined by  as little #@¶#$%:~,.
.,~:%$¶@## as  five  vertices;  six  triangles.  (i ##@¶$%:~,.
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.,~:%$#¶@# at least a dozen birds.)                 #@¶#$%:~,.
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