#**-...... ......-**#
##&*-^.... ....^-*#
##@#&**-^. .^-**@##
#@##&**-^. .^-**#@#
#&&*-^.... ....^-*&
####&**-^. ## .^---^. ## .^-**###
#@##&**-^. -------- # egg eater # -------- .^-**#@#
@###&**-^. ## .^---^. ## .^-**##@
@#****^^.. ..^^****#@
#@##&**-^. .^-**#@#
####&**-^. absolutely spherical egg. find it on .^-**###
####&**-^. large sandy beaches, upshore where .^-**###
####&**-^. dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, .^-**###
#***^..... .....^***#
#@##&**-^. makes some sentient bird or other .^-**#@#
#&*-^..... warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, .....^-*
@###&**-^. incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. .^-**##@
#@##&**-^. slithery but strong. .^-**#@#
##*-...... ......-*##
#&**^..... the egg has an opening. the egg has a .....^**
#@##&**-^. belly button. looks like a rubber .^-**#@#
#@##&**-^. vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes .^-**#@#
##**-..... a hole. .....-**##
#@##&**-^. .^-**#@#
##@#&**-^. # ...^--------^... # .^-**@##
#&**^..... .....^**
#***--.... and on these beaches there's a ....--***#
#@##&**-^. particular snake or lizard which .^-**#@#
###&*^.... certainly eats insects most of the ....^*##
####&**-^. time, but it knows a good belly button .^-**###
#&*---^... when it sees one, and knows to enter ...^---*
#@##&**-^. the egg .^-**#@#
#@##&**-^. .^-**#@#
#@##&**-^. it will crawl into the teal sphere, .^-**#@#
##@#&**-^. disappear completely and eat it all up, .^-**@##
#***-^^... ruining the integrity of the egg. ...^^-***#
#***--.... destroying the inhabitant. ....--***#
####&**-^. .^-**###
#*-....... it's a grisly sight when it cracks .......-*#
#@##&**-^. open, the reptile taking the quick .^-**#@#
####&**-^. exit, emerging bloodied and victorious .^-**###
#@##&**-^. and satisfied~~ .^-**#@#
@@##&**-^. .^-**#@@
#****-^... ...^-****#
###***^^^. .^^^***###
#&*-^..... .....^-*
###&*-.... ....-*##