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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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