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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 #§@%;=~...
..~=;%@§## TIME. . . . . ##§@%;=~..
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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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