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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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