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