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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. . . . . #&&*^~:...
..:~^*&# ##&&*^~:..
.:~^*&## 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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..:~^*&# # ~~~~ # ##&&*^~:..
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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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