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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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