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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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