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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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