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,,,:-^^*@# # -------------- # #@*^^-:,,,
,,:-^^*@#@ ^ BLOOD CLOVER ^ @#@*^^-:,,
,:-^^*@#@# # -------------- # #@#@*^^-:,
,,:-^^*@#@ @#@*^^-:,,
,,,:-^^*@# 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. , , , , @#@*^^-:,,
,:-^^*@#@# #@#@*^^-:,
,,:-^^*@#@ 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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