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,,,,,,###,         ,.«^«., THE PLANT ,.«^«.,        ,,#,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,## THE  EQUISETUM  IS A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER ##,,#,,,,,
,,,,,,,,#, THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ,##,,#,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S  LIGHT GREEN ,###,,#,,,
,,,,,,,,,, TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ,#,##,,#,,
,,,,,,,,,,               TRANSPARENT.               ,,,###,,#,
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#,,,,,,,,, THE PLANT HAS A SPINE.  EACH VERTEBRA IS ,,,,,###,,
,#,,,,,,,, STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE ,,,,,#,##,
,,#,,,,,,, RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO,  IT'S ,,,,,,,###
#,,#,,,,,, VERY  LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY #,,,,,,#,#
##,,#,,,,, THE HEIGHT  OF  A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ##,,,,,,,#
,##,,#,,,,            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ,##,,,,,,#
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,,,,,,,###         ,.«^«., IN MAGIC ,.«^«.,         #,,,,,,###
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##,,,,,,,# WHEN  A COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH  ENOUGH, IT ,,#,,,,,,#
,##,,,,,,# SLICES  THE  AIR  IN   THE  FOREST  INTO #,,#,,,,,#
,###,,,,,, SEPARATE  PLANES, A  FEW CENTIMETERS  IN ##,,#,,,,,
,#,##,,,,, HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN   GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ,##,,#,,,,
,,,###,,,, THESE,  HITTING  EACH  IN  TURN   IN   A ,###,,#,,,
,,,#,##,,,      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ,#,##,,#,,
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