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.##..###.. ~~~~~~~~ # egg eater # ~~~~~~~~ #..#..##..
......#... ## .-~~~-. ## .........#
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.......... 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. ##.......#
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#....##..# the egg has an opening. the egg has a ....###..#
..##...... belly button. looks like a rubber ###..#....
#....##### vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ##.....###
..##..#### a hole. ...###..##
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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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#..####### it will crawl into the teal sphere, ..########
....###### 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 ###.......
.##......# open, the reptile taking the quick ##..#####.
....####.. exit, emerging bloodied and victorious #....###..
###..##..# and satisfied~~ ..##..#..#
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