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....###..#    themselves, and the creatures nest    ........#.
....#.##..                  inside.                 .........#
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.#....#.## the  denser,  warmer  regions  - louder, ..........
..#.....##           chaotic, dangerous.            ..........
...#....#. toward  the  poles,  silent  and  still. #.........
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..........         we would travel for days         ......###.
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..#.##....      a dense and clingy destination      .....#....
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......#.##           the ultimate biotope!          .##......#
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.#.##.....    many are younger, artificial ones,    #....#....
...###.... where  the   trees  are  planted  to  be .#....#...
...#.##...                harvested.                ..#....#..
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#......###     a bermuda triangle of the land,      .....#....
.#.....#.# accessible  from all forests at  dusk or ......#...
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