,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#                                          #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###                                          ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#                ~~~~~~~~~~~               #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##              ††           ††             ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###            =   BLUE FIRE   =             ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##             ††           ††              ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#               ~~~~~~~~~~~                #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###  THE ,BLUE FIRE, IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT  ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##  LIVING MOSTLY AT THE WESTERN ALVAR (BUT ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#   IT HAS SPREAD TO A FEW OTHER PLACES,   #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##          MOSTLY ROCKY COASTS).           ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###                                          ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##      THE PLANT IS A DENSE NETWORK OF     ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#  GREEN-BROWN TENTACLE-LIKE ROOTS, WHICH  #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##    IS OFTEN CALLED "RAT'S TAIL" BEFORE   ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###    BLOOMING. IN LATE JUNE, IT QUICKLY    ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##      SPROUTS FEELERS, TEN TO THIRTY      ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#   CENTIMETERS HIGH, FILLED WITH PURPLE   #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##    HAIRS - THIS IS THE BLUE FIRE. THIS   ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###    STAGE LASTS FOR ONE OR TWO WEEKS,     ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##     DEPENDING ON FOOD ACCESS, WATER,     ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#                 CLIMATE.                 #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###  OFTEN IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW FAR THE PLANT  ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##     HAS SPREAD UNLESS ITS IN THE FIRE    ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#  STAGE. SUDDENLY, AS IF OVERNIGHT, WHOLE #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##   FIELDS CAN BE TURNED ABLAZE (WITH THE  ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###  SAME INDIVIDUAL PLANT, AS WELL)! IN THE ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@## BLOOMING PEAK, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE  ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@# WHOLE ALVAR TO BE CONNECTED NORTH-SOUTH. #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###                =††~~~~~††=               ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#  FIFTY WEEKS OF THE YEAR, WHILE IN RAT   #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##  STAGE, THE BLUE FIRE FEEDS ON THE STONE ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###   ITSELF VIA A SLOW CHEMICAL ATTRITION.  ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@## THIS IS ENOUGH TO KEEP THE ROOTS ALIVE,  ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#   BUT ALL GROWTH AND PROCREATION MUST    #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##   HAPPEN DURING THE TWO WEEKS IN JUNE.   ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###                                          ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##    NOW THE PLANT FEEDS ON BIRDS; THE     ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@# SEMISTIFF UPRIGHT FEELERS LOOKS LIKE AN  #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##   EXTENSION OF THE SEA, AND BIRDS ARE    ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###  TRICKED INTO LANDING OR DIVING INTO IT. ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##     THEY ARE QUICKLY PARALYZED BY THE    ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#     POISON ON THE PURPLE HAIRS, AND      #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##     DEVOURED OVER A PERIOD OF HOURS.     ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###                                          ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##   PROCREATION CAN HAPPEN SEXUALLY VIA    ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#  SPORES (CRYPTOGAMIA) OR ASEXUALLY WHEN  #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##      THE ROOTS ARE CUT, DIVIDING AN      ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###           INDIVIDUAL INTO TWO.           ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,,,~=†&@#                                          #@&†=~,,,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,
,,~=†&@###                                          ###@&†=~,,
,,,~=†&@##                                          ##@&†=~,,,