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¨^~*^@#### older than most trees. it's light green ####@^*~^¨
¨^~*^@#### 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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¨^~*^@#### when a colony numbers high enough, it ####@^*~^¨
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¨^~*^@#### eventually spread thin. ####@^*~^¨
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