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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 ¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨
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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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