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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 ......-«;=
$=;«-..... SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS .....-«;=$
&$=;«-.... WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME ....-«;=$&
¶&$=;«-... TIME. . . . . ...-«;=$&¶
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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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