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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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#===~-.... ....-~===#
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