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.:-/†&&### ok   a   fern  is  an  obvious   fractal ###&&†/-:.
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.:-/†&&&&&            / // // / // // //            &&&&&†/-:.
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.:-/†††&&# ferns are the rests of an ancient  plant #&&†††/-:.
.:-/†&&### empire spanning the entire earth, taking ###&&†/-:.
......:/†& on   the  roles  now  given   to  grass, &†/:......
.:-/†&&###        bushes, trees and flowers.        ###&&†/-:.
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.:-/†&&&&# twelve  thousand speices  are  left  and #&&&&†/-:.
...:-/†&&# they  live  in  tropical mountains  high #&&†/-:...
.....:/†&# above  the rest of the world. some float #&†/:.....
.:-/†&####                on water.                 ####&†/-:.
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.:-/†&&### the difference between a fern and a moss ###&&†/-:.
.....-††&# is that  the  fern  can  transfer  water #&††-.....
......-/&& within  itself.  the  moss  has  to  use &&/-......
.:-/†&&###         external water transfer          ###&&†/-:.
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.....:/&&#          .pteridium aquilinum.           #&&/:.....
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.:-/†&&### called eagle fern or  bracken  or  eagle ###&&†/-:.
.:-/†&&### bracken.  it  lives  in  colonies  where ###&&†/-:.
..:--/&&&# every individual  might  look very  much #&&&/--:..
.:-/†&&### alike,   but   they  each  have   unique ###&&†/-:.
.:-/†&#### proportions   (which  can  be   hard  to ####&†/-:.
...:-/†&&# spot).  this makes them perfect antennae #&&†/-:...
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.:-/&&#### a  bit  scary, especially  after  you've ####&&/-:.
.:-/†&&###            had a few drinks.             ###&&†/-:.
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.:-/†&&### if you eat them  you get sick. in  fact, ###&&†/-:.
....---†&& other plants in  the  vicinity  get sick &&†---....
....::/&&# as  well.  so there is  always reception #&&/::....
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.:-/†&####          .botrypus virginianus.          ####&†/-:.
.:-/†&&###          &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&          ###&&†/-:.
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....://&&& small, no  higher  then third  a  meter. &&&//:....
.:-/†&&&##      contains mistletoe dna in its       ##&&&†/-:.
.....:--†&  mitrochondria. it's not moonwort. but   &†--:.....
.......-†&               it could be.               &†-.......
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.:-/†&&###          .that other nice one.           ###&&†/-:.
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.:-/†&&### hold  on i'm  trying  to  find  the name ###&&†/-:.
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...:-///&# "ferns   are   not  of  major   economic #&///-:...
.:-/†&####           importance" - wikiped          ####&†/-:.
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