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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 .&&&&&&&&.
.&...&&&&& NAME. . . . . .&.......&
&&&..&.... &&&......&
...&.&&... YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR ...&.....&
&..&&&.&.. SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS &..&&....&
.&.&..&&&. WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME .&.&.&...&
&&&&&.&..& TIME. . . . . .&&&&&&..&
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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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