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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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