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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, $§:«,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«:§ MICE, INSECTS) AND SLOWLY MELT THEM. §:«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,«: THE PLANT THEN FEEDS OFF OF THE :«,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,« NUTRIENTS RELEASED. DURING FEEDING THE «,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, LEAVES WILL TAKE ON A REDDISH TINT, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, FROM WHICH THE PLANT GET ITS COMMON ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,«: YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR :«,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«:§ SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS §:«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,«:§$ 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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