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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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