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¨-=;$&@¶## large sandy beaches, upshore where ##¶@&$;=-¨
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¨-=;$&@¶## belly button. looks like a rubber ##¶@&$;=-¨
¨-=;$&@¶## vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ##¶@&$;=-¨
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¨-=;$&@¶## and on these beaches there's a ##¶@&$;=-¨
¨-=;$&@¶## particular snake or lizard which ##¶@&$;=-¨
¨-;$&@¶### certainly eats insects most of the ###¶@&$;-¨
¨-=;$&@¶## time, but it knows a good belly button ##¶@&$;=-¨
¨-=;$&@¶¶¶ when it sees one, and knows to enter ¶¶¶@&$;=-¨
¨-=;$&@¶## the egg ##¶@&$;=-¨
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¨-=;$&@¶## disappear completely and eat it all up, ##¶@&$;=-¨
¨-=;$@¶### ruining the integrity of the egg. ###¶@$;=-¨
¨¨¨¨¨=;&&¶ destroying the inhabitant. ¶&&;=¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨=$&&&¶ it's a grisly sight when it cracks ¶&&&$=¨¨¨¨
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¨-=;$&@¶## exit, emerging bloodied and victorious ##¶@&$;=-¨
¨-=;$&@¶## and satisfied~~ ##¶@&$;=-¨
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