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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 &&&&&&.&..
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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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