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§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§¨
§¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§
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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. ¨¨§§§¨§§¨§
§§§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§                 # ==== #                 §§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§§§§                                          ¨§§§§¨§§¨§
§§¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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.       ¨        ¨        ¨        ¨ §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
§§§§¨§¨§§§                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨                 # ==== #                 §¨¨§¨¨§§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨ 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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