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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.                  ..........
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.......... 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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