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*=;~,..... ; 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. . . . . ......,~;=
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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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