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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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