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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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