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.......... WARM-BLOODED CREATURE. LANKY MEAT, ..........
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~~........ SLITHERY BUT STRONG. ........~~
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.......... DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND EAT IT ALL UP, ..........
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~......... DESTROYING THE INHABITANT. .........~
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