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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. ...&&..&.&
&.&&&..... &..&.&.&&&
.&&..&.... 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 &&.&.&..&.
&&&&&&.&.. ..&&&&&.&&
......&&&. 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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