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A tabletop mountain hides plants found nowhere else

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Rising dramatically from the dense jungle canopy of South America is an immense, sheer-cliffed plateau enveloped in permanent storm clouds. The summit is completely isolated from the forest below, fostering a harsh, alien landscape overflowing with carnivorous plants found nowhere else on the planet.

A tabletop mountain hides plants found nowhere else
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