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.......... WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ..........
.......... THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS ..........
.......... LOOKING AT THE VIEWER.] ..........
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~......... A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A .........~
.......... YOUNG SALIX TREE, AND HAS A ..........
.......... SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. ..........
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.......... THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. ..........
.......... THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND ..........
.......... ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO ..........
.......... "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE ..........
~......... TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD .........~
«~........ DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. ........~«
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*:«~...... A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE ......~«:*
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~......... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .........~
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