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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. . . . . ..--;^%@¶#
¶@%^;--... ...--;^%@¶
@%^;--.... # ---- # ....--;^%@
%^;--..... .....--;^%
^;--...... 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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