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,,,,.~=^$@ ,.~=~., THE PLANT ,.~=~., @$^=~.,,,,
,,,,,.~=^$ $^=~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~=^ THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ^=~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~= THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH =~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, TRANSPARENT. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~= VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY =~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~=^ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ^=~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~=^$ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. $^=~.,,,,,
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,,,,,.~=^$ $^=~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~=^ WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ^=~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~= SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO =~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ,,,,,,,,,,
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