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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 ¨&¨&¨&¨&¨&
¨&¨&¨&¨&&¨ 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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