.-=†%*¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤*%†=-.
...==††*¤# #¤*††==...
.....=†%¤# #¤%†=.....
.-=†%*¤### ###¤*%†=-.
.-=†%*¤### ###¤*%†=-.
...--†*¤¤# ## .-===-. ## #¤¤*†--...
.-=†%*¤### ======== # egg eater # ======== ###¤*%†=-.
.-=†%*¤### ## .-===-. ## ###¤*%†=-.
...-=†%%¤# #¤%%†=-...
.-=†%*¤### ###¤*%†=-.
...--=†%¤# absolutely spherical egg. find it on #¤%†=--...
....==%*¤# large sandy beaches, upshore where #¤*%==....
.-=†%*¤### dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, ###¤*%†=-.
.-=†%*¤### ###¤*%†=-.
......-†%¤ makes some sentient bird or other ¤%†-......
.-=†%*¤### warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, ###¤*%†=-.
......=%¤¤ incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. ¤¤%=......
.-=†%*#### slithery but strong. ####*%†=-.
.-=†%*¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤*%†=-.
.-=†%*¤¤¤# the egg has an opening. the egg has a #¤¤¤*%†=-.
......-†*# belly button. looks like a rubber #*†-......
.-=††%**¤# vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes #¤**%††=-.
.-=††††%*¤ a hole. ¤*%††††=-.
....-†**## ##**†-....
.-=†%*¤### # ...-========-... # ###¤*%†=-.
.-=†%*¤### ###¤*%†=-.
.-=†%%%¤¤# 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 ###¤*%†=-.
.....=%%*¤ ¤*%%=.....
.-=†%*¤### it will crawl into the teal sphere, ###¤*%†=-.
...-††*¤## disappear completely and eat it all up, ##¤*††-...
.....===%¤ ruining the integrity of the egg. ¤%===.....
.....-=†*¤ destroying the inhabitant. ¤*†=-.....
.-=†%*¤### ###¤*%†=-.
.-†%*¤#### it's a grisly sight when it cracks ####¤*%†-.
..-==†***¤ open, the reptile taking the quick ¤***†==-..
.....-††*¤ exit, emerging bloodied and victorious ¤*††-.....
.-=†%*¤### and satisfied~~ ###¤*%†=-.
.-=†%*¤### ###¤*%†=-.
...=††%*¤¤ ¤¤*%††=...
.-=%*¤#### ####¤*%=-.
.....-==%¤ ¤%==-.....
.....-†%¤# #¤%†-.....