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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 ##@§%*:~:.
.:~:*%§### 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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