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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 $*/-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/* THAT ARE TOO WEAK TO MOVE AWAY (FROGS, */-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-/ MICE, INSECTS) AND SLOWLY MELT THEM. /-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- THE PLANT THEN FEEDS OFF OF THE -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: NUTRIENTS RELEASED. DURING FEEDING THE :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, LEAVES WILL TAKE ON A REDDISH TINT, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, FROM WHICH THE PLANT GET ITS COMMON ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:- YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-/ SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS /-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/* WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME */-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/*$ 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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