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,,,,:-\*## # -------------- # ##*\-:,,,,
,:-\$*&### \ BLOOD CLOVER \ ###&*$\-:,
,,,,-\$*&# # -------------- # #&*$\-,,,,
,:-\$*&### ###&*$\-:,
,,,:::-$&& 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. , , , , #&$-,,,,,,
,:-\$*&### ###&*$\-:,
,:-\$*&### 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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