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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. . . . . ##&$^~~...
....~~^$ #&$^~~....
.....~~^$& 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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