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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 ,,~=/%*@##
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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 ,,,,,~=/%*
%/=~,,,,,, 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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