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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 ,.«\**@###
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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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