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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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