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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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