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   From: no.spam@no.spam   
      
   > ...deciduous and coniferous Ents.   
      
   > Their differing methods of reproduction could have been a source   
   > of the conflict.   
      
   Alas that I must admit to lack of Due Diligence in penning   
   (or keyboarding) the above reply.   
      
   Of course there were coniferous Ents:   
      
      At first Merry and Pippin were struck chiefly by the variety that   
      they saw: the many shapes, and colours, the differences in girth;   
      and height, and length of leg and arm; and in the number of toes   
      and fingers (anything from three to nine). A few seemed more or less   
      related to Treebeard, and reminded them of beech-trees or oaks.   
      But there were other kinds. Some recalled the chestnut: brown-skinned   
      Ents with large splayfingered hands, and short thick legs. Some   
      recalled the ash: tall straight grey Ents with many-fingered hands   
      and long legs; some the fir (the tallest Ents), and others the birch,   
      the rowan, and the linden.   
      
   Now, anyone care to speculate on Huorn taxonomy?   
   http://www.flickr.com/photos/ousby/3278287567/   
      
   SQ   
      
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