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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. ##@¤%§:=..
.....:§¤@# #@¤§:.....
..=:§%¤@## # ==== # ##@¤%§:=..
....:§§%¤¤ ¤¤%§§:....
.....:%%¤¤ 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. @%§§§::=..
..=:::§%@# #@%§:::=..
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