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##¶@$%:~-¨               (equisetum)                ¨-~:%$@¶##
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##¶@$%:~-¨ stacked  upon  the next, with  spokelike ¨-~:%$@¶##
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¶@@@$%:~-¨ very light, being  hollow. it's  roughly ¨-~:%$@@@¶
¶@%~-¨¨¨¨¨ 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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###¶@$:~-¨ height.  time  can   get  diffracted  in ¨-~:$@¶###
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#@@$%%:~-¨      slightly different angle, and       ¨-~:%%$@@#
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