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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 ...§...§§.
§§§§§.§.§§ NAME.        .        .       .        . ..§§..§.§§
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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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