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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 ##@§%§:~..
..~:§%%§§§ NAME. . . . . §§§%%§:~..
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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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