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#@$$::~:,, CLOVER" IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT NATIVE ,,:~::$$@#
@$^^~::::, TO NORTHERN EURASIA. DESPITE ITS NAME, ,::::~^^$@
###¤$^:~:, IT'S ACTUALLY A KIND OF MOSS. ,:~:^$¤###
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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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##@¤$^:~:, SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS ,:~:^$¤@##
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¤¤¤^~,,,,, THE SAP HAS BEEN USED FOR TATTOOS. IT ,,,,,~^¤¤¤
##@¤$^:~:, IS REPORTEDLY FAINT BUT PLEASANT TO THE ,:~:^$¤@##
@$$$::,,,, TASTE, AND CAN OF COURSE ONLY BE ,,,,::$$$@
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