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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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