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#@@§§$:«^. : BLOOD CLOVER : .^«:$§§@@#
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§$::^..... THE MOSS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "BLOOD .....^::$§
@§$«^^^^.. CLOVER" IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT NATIVE ..^^^^«$§@
@@@§§$:«^. TO NORTHERN EURASIA. DESPITE ITS NAME, .^«:$§§@@@
##@@§$:«^. IT'S ACTUALLY A KIND OF MOSS. .^«:$§@@##
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§§§::::«^. BLOOD CLOVER IS IN ITS DORMANT STATE .^«::::§§§
@§$««..... INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM REGULAR CLOVER. .....««$§@
##@§§$:«^. WHEN DISTURBED, IT PRODUCES A THICK .^«:$§§@##
@§§$:«.... STICKY SAP THAT WILL ENSNARE ANIMALS ....«:$§§@
@§$::::«^. THAT ARE TOO WEAK TO MOVE AWAY (FROGS, .^«::::$§@
@§§:«..... MICE, INSECTS) AND SLOWLY MELT THEM. .....«:§§@
@§§§::«... THE PLANT THEN FEEDS OFF OF THE ...«::§§§@
@@@§§$:«^. NUTRIENTS RELEASED. DURING FEEDING THE .^«:$§§@@@
@@§$:«.... LEAVES WILL TAKE ON A REDDISH TINT, ....«:$§@@
§§§$:«.... FROM WHICH THE PLANT GET ITS COMMON ....«:$§§§
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#@@§§$:«^. YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR .^«:$§§@@#
@§:««..... SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS .....««:§@
@@@§§$:«^. WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME .^«:$§§@@@
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@§§§§$:«^. THE SAP HAS BEEN USED FOR TATTOOS. IT .^«:$§§§§@
##@§§$:«^. IS REPORTEDLY FAINT BUT PLEASANT TO THE .^«:$§§@##
##@@§$:«^. TASTE, AND CAN OF COURSE ONLY BE .^«:$§@@##
§$«....... CONSUMED IN SMALL QUANTITIES. .......«$§
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