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#,,,,,,#,# ok  a   fern  is  an   obvious   fractal ,#,,,,,#,,
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,,#,,,,,#, ferns are the rests  of an ancient plant ,#,##,,,,#
#,,#,,,,,# empire spanning the entire earth, taking ,,,###,,,,
,#,,#,,,,, on   the  roles   now  given  to  grass, ,,,#,##,,,
,,#,,#,,,,        bushes, trees and flowers.        ,,,,,###,,
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,,,,#,,#,, twelve  thousand  speices  are left  and ,,,,,,,###
#,,,,#,,#, they  live  in  tropical mountains  high ,,,,,,,#,#
##,,,,#,,# above the rest  of the world. some float ,,,,,,,,,#
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,#,##,,,,# the difference between a fern and a moss #,,,,,,,,,
,,,###,,,, is  that  the  fern  can transfer  water ##,,,,,,,,
,,,#,##,,, within  itself.  the  moss  has  to  use ,##,,,,,,,
,,,,,###,,         external water transfer          ,###,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,#,#           ,pteridium aquilinum,          #,,#,##,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, called eagle  fern  or bracken or  eagle #,##,,,###
#,,,,,,,,, bracken.  it  lives  in  colonies  where ,,###,,#,#
##,,,,,,,, every  individual might  look  very much ,,#,##,,,#
,##,,,,,,, alike,  but   they  each   have   unique ,,,,###,,#
,###,,,,,, proportions  (which  can   be   hard  to ,,,,#,##,,
,#,##,,,,, spot). this  makes them perfect antennae ,,,,,,###,
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#,,#,##,,, a  bit  scary,  especially after  you've ##,,,,,,##
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#,##,,,### if  you eat them you  get sick. in fact, ,,###,,,,,
,,###,,#,# other plants  in the  vicinity  get sick ,,#,##,,,,
,,#,##,,,# as well.  so  there is always  reception #,,,###,,,
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###,,,,,#, small, no higher  then  third  a  meter. ,,,#,##,,,
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,,###,,,,,  mitrochondria. it's not moonwort. but   ,,,,,#,##,
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#,,,,,,#,# "ferns  are   not   of  major   economic ,#,,,,,#,,
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