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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, .#...##...
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.##.#.#... makes  some  sentient   bird   or  other .#.####.#.
#.#####..#    warm-blooded creature. lanky meat,    ###...###.
##....#.##  incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. ..#..#..##
.#...###..           slithery but strong.           .##.##.#..
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.#.##.###. 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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.##.#.#.##                                          .#####..##
#.######.. 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.        .#........
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...##.#### 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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