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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 $%:«:,,,,,
,,,,,,:«:% NUTRIENTS RELEASED. DURING FEEDING THE %:«:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«: LEAVES WILL TAKE ON A REDDISH TINT, :«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:« FROM WHICH THE PLANT GET ITS COMMON «:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: NAME. , , , , :,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, THE SAP HAS BEEN USED FOR TATTOOS. IT ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: IS REPORTEDLY FAINT BUT PLEASANT TO THE :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:« TASTE, AND CAN OF COURSE ONLY BE «:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«: CONSUMED IN SMALL QUANTITIES. :«:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,:«:%$ $%:«:,,,,,
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