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*%;~^..... .;##    CANINE, MOSTLY FOUND IN     ##;. .....^~;%*
%;~^...... .;##    AN ORANGE-BROWN VARIETY,    ##;. ......^~;%
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;~^....... ;#   SMALL RODENTS AND YOUNG BIRDS,   #; .......^~;
%;~^...... ;#     BUT ARE KNOWN TO ALSO EAT      #; ......^~;%
*%;~^..... #   MUCH LARGER ANIMALS (DEER?) AND    # .....^~;%*
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##£*%;~^.. ^*#    WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR TAIL,    #*^ ..^~;%*£##
#£*%;~^... .;##    WHICH FEATURES A STINGER    ##;. ...^~;%*£#
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###£*%;~^.  .;####      THE STINGER IS      ####;.  .^~;%*£###
##£*%;~^.. .;##     USED WHEN HUNTING PREY     ##;. ..^~;%*£##
#£*%;~^... .;##   CREATURES MUCH LARGER THAN   ##;. ...^~;%*£#
£*%;~^.... ^*#    THE FOX, THE FOX WILL BITE    #*^ ....^~;%*£
*%;~^..... ^*#  THE CREATURE ON THE HEAD, AND   #*^ .....^~;%*
%;~^...... ;#   USE ITS TAIL TO PENETRATE THE    #; ......^~;%
;~^....... ;#   SKULL OF THE PREY. THE STINGER   #; .......^~;
~^........ #     WILL ENTER THE NECK FROM THE     # ........^~
;~^....... #      REAR, DEPOSITING THE VENOM,     # .......^~;
%;~^...... #    FILLING UP THE MOUTH AND SKULL.   # ......^~;%
*%;~^..... #    THIS IMMEDIATELY PARALYZES THE    # .....^~;%*
£*%;~^.... #   PREY CREATURE, ALLOWING THE FOX    # ....^~;%*£
#£*%;~^... #                TO EAT.               # ...^~;%*£#
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##£*%;~^.. #    HUMAN, IT'S USUALLY IN A PLACE    # ..^~;%*£##
#£*%;~^... #   DIFFERENT THAN THE NECK, AND THE   # ...^~;%*£#
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;~^....... ^*#   SHOWN THAT THE VENOM IS ALSO   #*^ .......^~;
~^........ .;##   PRESENT IN THE BITE OF THE   ##;. ........^~
;~^....... .;##     FOX, BUT IN VERY SMALL     ##;. .......^~;
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