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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.           ...##...#.
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..####.#.# 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                  ...##..###
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.##...#### 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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