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§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ CLOVER" IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT NATIVE §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§ TO NORTHERN EURASIA. DESPITE ITS NAME, ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§§§¨¨§§§ IT'S ACTUALLY A KIND OF MOSS. ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
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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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§§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ IS REPORTEDLY FAINT BUT PLEASANT TO THE ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§
§§§¨¨§§§¨¨ TASTE, AND CAN OF COURSE ONLY BE §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ CONSUMED IN SMALL QUANTITIES. §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
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