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......«^¤@ to yellow in color and is slightly @¤^«......
..«*^*¤#@# transparent. #@#¤*^*«..
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..«*^*¤#@# 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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..«*^*¤### it likes partial shade and very damp ###¤*^*«..
....«««**¤ areas ¤**«««....
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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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