.........^                                          ^.........
........^-                                          -^........
.......^-†                                          †-^.......
......^-†=                                          =†-^......
.....^-†=*                                          *=†-^.....
....^-†=*¤              ## .^---^. ##               ¤*=†-^....
...^-†=*¤@ --------   #   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~~              ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
.........^                                          ^.........
........^-                                          -^........
.......^-†                                          †-^.......