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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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