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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 ,,~:*%§@##
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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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