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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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