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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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,.-:†@@@## YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPOT BLEEDING OR ##@@@†:-.,
,,,,-††@## SCARS ALONG THE LEGS OF BIGGER ANIMALS ##@††-,,,,
,.-:†@¤### WHO'S LINGERED IN THE MOSS FOR SOME ###¤@†:-.,
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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 ###¤@†:-.,
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