,,,,~§%§§@ @§§%§~,,,,
,:~:§%§@@# #@@§%§:~:,
,:~:§%§§@@ @@§§%§:~:,
,:~:§%§@@# #@@§%§:~:,
,:~:§%§@@@ @@@§%§:~:,
:~:§%§@@## # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ##@@§%§:~:
,:~:§%§@@# : 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. @§§§:~~,,,
,,,,:~§§@@ @@§§~:,,,,
,,,,,~~§§@ @§§~~,,,,,
,:~:§%§@## ##@§%§:~:,
,:~:§%§§§@ @§§§%§:~:,
,,,,::§§%§ §%§§::,,,,