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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 ......~**¤
@@$*~..... SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS .....~*$@@
@$**~..... WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME .....~**$@
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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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