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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. . . . . *~^.......
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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. . . . . ##§@^*~^..
.^~*^@§### ###§@^*~^.
..^~*^@§## # ~~~~ # ##§@^*~^..
...^~*^@§# #§@^*~^...
....^~*^@§ 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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