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##@§**:=-. : BLOOD CLOVER : .-=:**§@##
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§§§*:=-... CLOVER" IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT NATIVE ...-=:*§§§
##@§**:=-. TO NORTHERN EURASIA. DESPITE ITS NAME, .-=:**§@##
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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, ...--==**@
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###@§*:=-. THE PLANT THEN FEEDS OFF OF THE .-=:*§@###
##@§**:=-. NUTRIENTS RELEASED. DURING FEEDING THE .-=:**§@##
##@§**:=-. LEAVES WILL TAKE ON A REDDISH TINT, .-=:**§@##
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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 ..---=*§§@
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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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