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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, §¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§
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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 ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
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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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