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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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