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Image info	Full size 2272 x 1704 761.5 Kb Half size 1136 x 852 256.8 Kb Quarter size 568 x 426 100.9 Kb Original 853.4 Kb maximum quality image.	Linus found this insect cocoon underneath a rock.
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