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........., ««««««««   #   egg   eater  #   «««««««« ,.........
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......,«/%                                          %/«,......
.....,«/%& 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.                 ,.........
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..........           # ...,««««««««,... #           ..........
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.......... 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~~             ###&%/«,..
...,«/%&##                                          ##&%/«,...
....,«/%&#                                          #&%/«,....
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