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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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