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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§
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§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨            \  BLOOD CLOVER  \            ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨            # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #            ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ CLOVER"  IS  A CARNIVOROUS  PLANT NATIVE ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ TO NORTHERN  EURASIA. DESPITE ITS  NAME, §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ IT'S   ACTUALLY    A   KIND   OF   MOSS. §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§                 # ~~~~ #                 §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨  INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM REGULAR CLOVER.  ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
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§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§ 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 §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§ 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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¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
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