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,,-^*$§£## ok   a   fern  is  an  obvious   fractal ##£§$*^-,,
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,,-^*$§£## ferns are the rests of an ancient  plant ##£§$*^-,,
,,,,,^*§§# empire spanning the entire earth, taking #§§*^,,,,,
,,,-^**$$§ on  the   roles   now  given  to  grass, §$$**^-,,,
,,-^*$§£##        bushes, trees and flowers.        ##£§$*^-,,
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,,,,,,-^*§ twelve  thousand  speices  are  left and §*^-,,,,,,
,,,,,,-*$§ they  live  in  tropical mountains  high §$*-,,,,,,
,,,,-^^^$§ above the rest of  the world. some float §$^^^-,,,,
,,-^*$§###                on water.                 ###§$*^-,,
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,,-^*$§£## the difference between a fern and a moss ##£§$*^-,,
,,-^*$§£## is  that  the  fern can  transfer  water ##£§$*^-,,
,,-^*$§£## within  itself.  the  moss  has  to  use ##£§$*^-,,
,,,-^^^^$£          external water transfer         £$^^^^-,,,
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,,-^*$£### called  eagle  fern or bracken or  eagle ###£$*^-,,
,,,--*$$££ bracken.  it  lives  in  colonies  where ££$$*--,,,
,,,,,,,^*§ every  individual  might  look very much §*^,,,,,,,
,,-^*$§£££ alike,   but   they  each   have  unique £££§$*^-,,
,,-^*$§£## proportions   (which  can  be   hard  to ##£§$*^-,,
,,-^*$§£## spot). this  makes them perfect antennae ##£§$*^-,,
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,,-^^*$§§£ a bit  scary,  especially  after  you've £§§$*^^-,,
,,-^*$§£##             had a few drinks.            ##£§$*^-,,
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,,-^*$§£## if  you eat them you get sick.  in fact, ##£§$*^-,,
,,-^*$§£## other plants  in  the vicinity  get sick ##£§$*^-,,
,,,,,,-*$§ as  well. so there  is  always reception §$*-,,,,,,
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,,-^*$§£##          ,botrypus virginianus,          ##£§$*^-,,
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,,-^*$§£## small,  no  higher then  third a  meter. ##£§$*^-,,
,,,,,^$$§£      contains mistletoe dna in its       £§$$^,,,,,
,,,,,,-*§#  mitrochondria. it's not moonwort. but   #§*-,,,,,,
,,-^*$§£##               it could be.               ##£§$*^-,,
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,,-^*$§££#          ,that other nice one,           #££§$*^-,,
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,,,,-^**$§ hold on  i'm  trying to  find  the  name §$**^-,,,,
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,,-^*$§£## "ferns   are   not  of   major  economic ##£§$*^-,,
,,-^*$§£##          importance" - wikiped           ##£§$*^-,,
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