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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. ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨§¨ # »»»» # ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨§ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ 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. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ # »»»» # ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ §§§¨¨§¨§§¨