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=~:,,,,,,, THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ,,,,,,,:~=
~:,,,,,,,, OLDER THAN MOST TREES.  IT'S LIGHT GREEN ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,,               TRANSPARENT.               ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA  IS ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, RIBS  RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO, IT'S ,,,,,,,,:~
=~:,,,,,,, VERY LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S  ROUGHLY ,,,,,,,:~=
†=~:,,,,,, THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES  TAIL, AND  SHARES ,,,,,,:~=†
¤†=~:,,,,,            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ,,,,,:~=†¤
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=~:,,,,,,, SLICES  THE  AIR  IN  THE   FOREST  INTO ,,,,,,,:~=
~:,,,,,,,, SEPARATE  PLANES, A  FEW  CENTIMETERS IN ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN   GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,, THESE,   HITTING  EACH   IN  TURN  IN  A ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ,,,,,,,,,,
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