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###@$^*»-. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND .-»*^$@###
###@$^*»-. WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. .-»*^$@###
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####@^*»-. A SYMBOL FOR THE FOREST'S AGENCY, OR .-»*^@####
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###@$^*»-. WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE .-»*^$@###
@@^^*»»-.. KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR ..-»»*^^@@
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@@^^*-.... THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. ....-*^^@@
###@$^*»-. THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND .-»*^$@###
###@$^*»-. ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO .-»*^$@###
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###@$^*»-. TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD .-»*^$@###
###@$^*»-. DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. .-»*^$@###
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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 .---»»»^@#
###@$^*»-. KILL THE DEER. .-»*^$@###
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###@$^*»-. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR .-»*^$@###
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