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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 ###@@*†~..
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