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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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