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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, ....#..#.#
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#.##...### 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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