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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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###§$*;~.. YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR ..~;*$§###
##§$*;~... SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS ...~;*$§##
#§$*;~.... WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME ....~;*$§#
§$*;~..... TIME. . . . . .....~;*$§
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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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