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.......=^^ the height of a foxes tail, and shares ^^=.......
........=^ a similar plumage. ^=........
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.......=^^ when a colony numbers high enough, it ^^=.......
......=^^¤ slices the air in the forest into ¤^^=......
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...=^^¤£@# eventually spread thin. #@£¤^^=...
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