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Oospore

Aquatic oomycetes (of the phylum Oomycota, the kingdom, Protista) commence the generation of novelty by the liberation of flagellated gametes & staid eggs (oogamy). A fragrance freed by the latter incites the former to swim its way toward pleasure, the satisfaction of which is the union of two to become one oospore (only genitalia could conceive of this!).

Through error, ignorance, ecstasy & excessive fatality, oomycetes have learned how to wait out starvation & death if not time & emptiness.

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