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....~=*$¤@            # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #            @¤$*=~....
...~=*$¤@#            =  BLOOD CLOVER  =            #@¤$*=~...
..~=*$¤@##            # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #            ##@¤$*=~..
...~=*$¤@#                                          #@¤$*=~...
....~=*$¤@ THE  MOSS   COMMONLY  KNOWN  AS   "BLOOD @¤$*=~....
.....~=*$¤ CLOVER"  IS  A CARNIVOROUS PLANT  NATIVE ¤$*=~.....
......~=*$ TO  NORTHERN  EURASIA. DESPITE ITS NAME, $*=~......
.......~=* IT'S   ACTUALLY    A   KIND   OF   MOSS. *=~.......
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.......... BLOOD  CLOVER  IS  IN  ITS DORMANT STATE ..........
..........  INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM REGULAR CLOVER.  ..........
.......... WHEN  DISTURBED,  IT  PRODUCES  A  THICK ..........
.......... STICKY  SAP  THAT  WILL  ENSNARE ANIMALS ..........
.......... THAT ARE TOO  WEAK TO  MOVE AWAY (FROGS, ..........
.......... MICE, INSECTS)  AND  SLOWLY  MELT  THEM. ..........
.......... THE  PLANT  THEN  FEEDS   OFF   OF   THE ..........
..........  NUTRIENTS RELEASED. DURING FEEDING THE  ..........
.........~ LEAVES  WILL  TAKE  ON  A  REDDISH TINT, ~.........
........~= FROM  WHICH  THE  PLANT GET  ITS  COMMON =~........
.......~=* NAME.        .       .        .        . *=~.......
......~=*$                                          $*=~......
.....~=*$¤ YOU   CAN  SOMETIMES  SPOT  BLEEDING  OR ¤$*=~.....
....~=*$¤@ SCARS ALONG THE LEGS  OF  BIGGER ANIMALS @¤$*=~....
...~=*$¤@# WHO'S  LINGERED IN  THE  MOSS  FOR  SOME #@¤$*=~...
..~=*$¤@## TIME.        .       .        .        . ##@¤$*=~..
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....~=*$¤@                 # ~~~~ #                 @¤$*=~....
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......~=*$ 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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