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~,........ : BLOOD CLOVER : ........,~
%~,....... # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # .......,~%
@%~,...... ......,~%@
&@%~,..... 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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