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