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§§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨ # »»»»»»»»»»»»»» # ¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§
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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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§¨¨¨§§¨§§§ # »»»» # §§§§¨§§¨¨¨
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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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§§§¨¨¨¨§§§ # »»»» # ¨¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
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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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