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,,»†=&&&## the ,blue fire, is a carnivorous plant ##&&&=†»,,
,,»†=&£### living mostly at the western alvar (but ###£&=†»,,
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,,,,,»††&£ sprouts feelers, ten to thirty £&††»,,,,,
,,»†=&#££# centimeters high, filled with purple #££#&=†»,,
,,,,»=&#£# hairs - this is the blue fire. this #£#&=»,,,,
,,»†&#£### stage lasts for one or two weeks, ###£#&†»,,
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,,»†=&#£## climate. ##£#&=†»,,
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,,»†=&#£## often it's not clear how far the plant ##£#&=†»,,
,,,,,»†&## has spread unless its in the fire ##&†»,,,,,
,,»†=&&&&£ stage. suddenly, as if overnight, whole £&&&&=†»,,
,,»†=&#£## fields can be turned ablaze (with the ##£#&=†»,,
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,,,,,,»=## blooming peak, it's not unusual for the ##=»,,,,,,
,,»†=&#££# whole alvar to be connected north-south. #££#&=†»,,
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,,»†=&#£## fifty weeks of the year, while in rat ##£#&=†»,,
,,»†=&#£## stage, the blue fire feeds on the stone ##£#&=†»,,
,,»»††=&## itself via a slow chemical attrition. ##&=††»»,,
,,»†=&#£## this is enough to keep the roots alive, ##£#&=†»,,
,,,,,,»=&£ but all growth and procreation must £&=»,,,,,,
,,,,,,»=&# happen during the two weeks in june. #&=»,,,,,,
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,,»†===### now the plant feeds on birds; the ###===†»,,
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,,,,,††=## extension of the sea, and birds are ##=††,,,,,
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,,,,»»»†&# they are quickly paralyzed by the #&†»»»,,,,
,,»†=&#£## poison on the purple hairs, and ##£#&=†»,,
,,»=&#£### devoured over a period of hours. ###£#&=»,,
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,,»†=&#£## procreation can happen sexually via ##£#&=†»,,
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,,»†=&#### the roots are cut, dividing an ####&=†»,,
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