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###.....#. its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ...#.##...
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..#.##.... knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or .......###
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.....###.. the deer is a cross between a horse and .#..#.##..
.....#.##. a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ..#...###.
.......### young salix tree, and has a ...#..#.##
#......#.# sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ....#...##
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###......# the horns of a deer is called antlers. ......#...
#.##...... they have a complex fractal shape, and #......#..
..###..... are believed to enable the deer to ##......#.
..#.##.... "fold" through passages which should be .##......#
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.#..#.##.. 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 #....###..
.....#..#. during the course of it's life. with .#...#.##.
......#... age the secrets will harden into a ..#....###
#......#.. caramellized structure, which will ...#...#.#
##......#. eventually block the flow of blood, and #...#....#
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