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.:~\*$§@@@ \ BLOOD CLOVER \ @@@§$*\~:.
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.:~\*$§§§§ CLOVER" IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT NATIVE §§§§$*\~:.
.....~*$$§ TO NORTHERN EURASIA. DESPITE ITS NAME, §$$*~.....
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....:::\*§ 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 #@@§$*\~:.
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.....~***§ THE SAP HAS BEEN USED FOR TATTOOS. IT §***~.....
.:~\*$§@## IS REPORTEDLY FAINT BUT PLEASANT TO THE ##@§$*\~:.
....::~*$§ TASTE, AND CAN OF COURSE ONLY BE §$*~::....
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