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..####..## ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. ####......
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......#### WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE ##....####
.####..##. KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR #..##..##.
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...##..### THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND ###..##...
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....##..## SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. ##..##....
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##..####.. THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. ######..##
#....##..# THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND #####....#
..##...... ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO ####..##..
#....##### "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE ###......#
..##..#### TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD ##..####..
#......### DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. #....##..#
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#..##....# A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE #....#####
......##.. IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE ..##..####
.####..... DURING THE COURSE OF IT'S LIFE. WITH #......##.
..##..#### AGE THE SECRETS WILL HARDEN INTO A ..####....
#......##. CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL #..##..###
..####.... EVENTUALLY BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AND ........##
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