&$;--..... .....--;$&
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&$;-...... ......-;$&
#&$*;~.... ....~;*$&#
#$$;;~~... ## .-~~~-. ## ...~~;;$$#
###&$*;~-. ~~~~~~~~ # egg eater # ~~~~~~~~ .-~;*$&###
#$;;-..... ## .-~~~-. ## .....-;;$#
#&$;-..... .....-;$&#
###&$*;~-. .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. absolutely spherical egg. find it on .-~;*$&###
&*;;--.... large sandy beaches, upshore where ....--;;*&
##$*;;;~-. dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, .-~;;;*$##
&$$;-..... .....-;$$&
###&$*;~-. makes some sentient bird or other .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, .-~;*$&###
##&*;-.... incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. ....-;*&##
#&$;;~.... slithery but strong. ....~;;$&#
&*~~...... ......~~*&
&*;;~-.... the egg has an opening. the egg has a ....-~;;*&
###&$*;~-. belly button. looks like a rubber .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. a hole. .-~;*$&###
#$$;-..... .....-;$$#
&&*~...... # ...-~~~~~~~~-... # ......~*&&
###&$*;~-. .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. and on these beaches there's a .-~;*$&###
&**~~--... 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, .---~;*&&#
###&$*;~-. disappear completely and eat it all up, .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. ruining the integrity of the egg. .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. destroying the inhabitant. .-~;*$&###
&*~-...... ......-~*&
#&$*~~~-.. it's a grisly sight when it cracks ..-~~~*$&#
###&$*;~-. open, the reptile taking the quick .-~;*$&###
###&$*;~-. exit, emerging bloodied and victorious .-~;*$&###
##$$*~~--. and satisfied~~ .--~~*$$##
###&$*;~-. .-~;*$&###
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#&*;-..... .....-;*&#
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##&&$*;~-. .-~;*$&&##