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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. . . . . .~~:†%@###
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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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