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It's a monster.
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It's well armed.
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It clears space for itself
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by wielding one of its buds
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like a clap,
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and now it dominates the surface.
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This is a leaf of the giant water lily,
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it expends over by 20 centimeters a day,
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and eventually measures more than 2 meters across,
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as each one reaches the surface and expands more and more light
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is taken from those plants
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that are trying to grow beneath.
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Competitors are pushed aside.
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Some are crushed or skewed.
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Eventually, its immenses leaves press their margins against
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one another.
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totally cutting off the light from the plants beneath them.
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The battle is over
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and victory is total.
