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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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