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##.......# ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. ###....#..
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##..###..# WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE .......###
#....#.... KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR ######..##
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...####### SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. ...######.
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.....##### THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. .....##...
####..###. THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND ####....##
###....#.. ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO ###..##..#
##..##.... "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE ##........
.......### TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD #..######.
######..## DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. ....####..
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..##..##.. A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE ........##
.......... IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE #######...
########## DURING THE COURSE OF IT'S LIFE. WITH ######..##
#########. AGE THE SECRETS WILL HARDEN INTO A #####....#
########.. CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL ####..##..
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