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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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##**=**~,¨ 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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