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,--~::$$&& : BLOOD CLOVER : &&$$::~--,
,,---:$$&# # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # #&$$:---,,
,-~:*$&### ###&$*:~-,
,-~:*$&### THE MOSS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "BLOOD ###&$*:~-,
,-~~::$&&# CLOVER" IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT NATIVE #&&$::~~-,
,-~:*$$&&# TO NORTHERN EURASIA. DESPITE ITS NAME, #&&$$*:~-,
,,---~**$& IT'S ACTUALLY A KIND OF MOSS. &$**~---,,
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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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,-~:*$$&&& # ~~~~ # &&&$$*:~-,
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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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