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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 $†:~-.....
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..-~:†$@@@ YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR @@@$†:~-..
.-~:†$@@@# SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS #@@@$†:~-.
..-~:†$@@@ WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME @@@$†:~-..
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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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