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@**~:..... 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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&@**~:.... 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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