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#@@¤^\-:¨¨ older than most trees. it's light green ¨¨:-\^¤@@#
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^\-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ the plant has a spine. each vertebra is ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\^
\-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ stacked upon the next, with spokelike ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\
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¤^\-:¨¨¨¨¨ very light, being hollow. it's roughly ¨¨¨¨¨:-\^¤
@¤^\-:¨¨¨¨ the height of a foxes tail, and shares ¨¨¨¨:-\^¤@
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^\-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ when a colony numbers high enough, it ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\^
¤^\-:¨¨¨¨¨ slices the air in the forest into ¨¨¨¨¨:-\^¤
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#@@¤^\-:¨¨ eventually spread thin. ¨¨:-\^¤@@#
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