§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨§§§§¨§
§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨§§
¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨            # -------------- #            §§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨            /  BLOOD CLOVER  /            ¨¨§§§§§¨§§
§§§¨¨¨§§¨¨            # -------------- #            ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§§§§ 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. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§
§¨§§§¨¨§¨§                 # ---- #                 §§§¨¨¨§¨§§
¨§§¨¨§¨§§§                                          §¨¨§¨¨§§§¨
¨§¨§¨§§§¨¨ 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.        ¨       ¨        ¨        ¨ §¨§§§¨§§§¨
§§§¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§¨§§¨ YOU  CAN   SOMETIMES  SPOT  BLEEDING  OR ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§§¨§ SCARS ALONG  THE LEGS OF  BIGGER ANIMALS ¨§§§§§§§§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§§ WHO'S  LINGERED  IN  THE  MOSS  FOR SOME ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨§§§§¨ TIME.       ¨        ¨        ¨        ¨ ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§                 # ---- #                 §¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§§§§¨§                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§ 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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