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..&.&&&... EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING &&&&&&.&&.
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&.&..&.&&. BUSHES, TREES AND FLOWERS. &&....&.&&
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&&&.&.&.&. THEY LIVE IN TROPICAL MOUNTAINS HIGH ..&.&.&&.&
...&&&&&&& ABOVE THE REST OF THE WORLD. SOME FLOAT ..&&&&&.&&
&..&...... ON WATER. ..&....&&.
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&.&.&&&... IS THAT THE FERN CAN TRANSFER WATER &&&&&&.&..
&&&&&..&.. WITHIN ITSELF. THE MOSS HAS TO USE ......&&&.
&....&.&&. EXTERNAL WATER TRANSFER &.....&..&
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&&&&.&&&&& 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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....&....& AS WELL. SO THERE IS ALWAYS RECEPTION .&&..&.&&.
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&..&&&&..& MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT &...&&..&&
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