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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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