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§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ 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, ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨§§§¨¨§§¨¨ 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 §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§§¨ IS REPORTEDLY FAINT BUT PLEASANT TO THE ¨¨§¨§§¨§§§
§¨§¨¨§¨§¨§ TASTE, AND CAN OF COURSE ONLY BE ¨¨§§§¨§§¨¨
§§§§¨§§§§§ CONSUMED IN SMALL QUANTITIES. ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
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