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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. ##§§&=;=~,
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,~=;=&§### # ==== # ###§&=;=~,
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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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