,,,,,,=*§# #§*=,,,,,,
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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. ###§**\=,,
,,=\**§### ###§**\=,,
,,=\**§### # ==== # ###§**\=,,
,,=\**§### ###§**\=,,
,,,,\\*§§§ 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. , , , , #§****\=,,
,,=\**§### ###§**\=,,
,,=\**§§## # ==== # ##§§**\=,,
,,=\**§### ###§**\=,,
,,=\**§### 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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