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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 .--:*@#@##
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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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