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