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..«=§@§@## in the north, the deer is often used as ##@§@§=«..
..«=§@§@## a symbol for the forest's agency, or ##@§@§=«..
..«=§@§@## 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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..«=§@@@§# the horns of a deer is called antlers. #§@@@§=«..
..«=§@§@## they have a complex fractal shape, and ##@§@§=«..
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..«=§@§@@# "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 @@=.......
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..«=§@§@## age the secrets will harden into a ##@§@§=«..
..«««=@@§@ caramellized structure, which will @§@@=«««..
..«=§@§@## eventually block the flow of blood, and ##@§@§=«..
..«=§@§@## kill the deer. ##@§@§=«..
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