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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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