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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 $%/«:.....
......:«/% ON  THE  ROLES   NOW  GIVEN  TO   GRASS, %/«:......
.......:«/        BUSHES, TREES AND FLOWERS.        /«:.......
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.........: TWELVE  THOUSAND  SPEICES  ARE LEFT  AND :.........
.......... THEY  LIVE IN  TROPICAL  MOUNTAINS  HIGH ..........
.......... ABOVE THE REST  OF THE WORLD. SOME FLOAT ..........
..........                ON WATER.                 ..........
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.......... THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FERN AND A MOSS ..........
.........: IS  THAT  THE  FERN  CAN TRANSFER  WATER :.........
........:« WITHIN  ITSELF.  THE  MOSS  HAS  TO  USE «:........
.......:«/         EXTERNAL WATER TRANSFER          /«:.......
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..:«/%$#£# BRACKEN.  IT  LIVES  IN  COLONIES  WHERE #£#$%/«:..
...:«/%$#£ EVERY  INDIVIDUAL  MIGHT  LOOK VERY MUCH £#$%/«:...
....:«/%$# ALIKE,  BUT   THEY  EACH   HAVE   UNIQUE #$%/«:....
.....:«/%$ PROPORTIONS  (WHICH   CAN  BE   HARD  TO $%/«:.....
......:«/% SPOT). THIS MAKES THEM PERFECT  ANTENNAE %/«:......
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........:« A  BIT  SCARY,  ESPECIALLY AFTER  YOU'VE «:........
.........:             HAD A FEW DRINKS.            :.........
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.......... IF  YOU EAT THEM YOU  GET SICK. IN FACT, ..........
.......... OTHER  PLANTS IN THE  VICINITY  GET SICK ..........
.......... AS WELL. SO  THERE IS  ALWAYS  RECEPTION ..........
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........:«          .BOTRYPUS VIRGINIANUS.          «:........
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.....:«/%$ SMALL,  NO  HIGHER  THEN THIRD A  METER. $%/«:.....
....:«/%$#      CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS       #$%/«:....
...:«/%$#£  MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT   £#$%/«:...
..:«/%$#£#               IT COULD BE.               #£#$%/«:..
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......:«/% HOLD  ON  I'M TRYING TO  FIND  THE  NAME %/«:......
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.......... "FERNS  ARE   NOT  OF   MAJOR   ECONOMIC ..........
..........          IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED           ..........
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