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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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