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##**/-.... # -------------- # ....-/**##
#§**/^.... / 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. ..^--/**§§
§**/---^.. ..^---/**§
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§§*-...... ......-*§§