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¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¨ † Blue Fire † ¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¨¨¤
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¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¤¤¤¨¤¤¨¤¤¤
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¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¤ 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. ¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
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¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¤¤ 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. ¤¤¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¨
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