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| Subject: | | Re: New terresterial leech species discovered in NJ |
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tonyc
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Tue, Oct 6 2009, 2:43pm
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Interesting that a invert that size could remain undetected in a reasonably well-explored area.
Adopts Crocodile Dundee accent: 'That's not a leech, this is a leech...' |
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| Subject: | | Re: New terresterial leech species discovered in NJ |
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Ursustyrannis
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Tue, Oct 6 2009, 7:12pm
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(bleahhhh) (shudders and shivers)
That reminds me of Native American stories of giant water leeches fighting water serpents...and winning!!! This thing engulfs prey while like a snake? (shudders, bleah) |
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| Subject: | | Re: New terresterial leech species discovered in NJ |
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Just Joan
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Tue, Oct 6 2009, 7:13pm
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Come on, you know you were thinking it....
It's an Otter! hahahahaha!
Seriously, this is a really wonderful surprise, though. I admire the Ott's for keeping it in the aquarium until they learned about it. |
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| Subject: | | Re: New terresterial leech species discovered in NJ |
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tonyc
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Tue, Oct 6 2009, 7:29pm
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Er, for info, the leech pic I posted for a bit of fun is the Giant Amazonian Leech Haementeria ghilianii that was rediscovered in the 1970's after not been seen for the best part of a century, not the terrestial one just named.
And yes, Haementeria does drink blood. Not with a bite but with a six-inch proboscis O.o |
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| Subject: | | Re: New terresterial leech species discovered in NJ |
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tonyc
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Fri, Oct 9 2009, 2:41pm
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As we're all lovers of off-the-wall creatures I'd just make sure everyone is familiar with Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi, an African leech that only breeds inside hippo's rectums.
Black Lechwe Magazine: Ectoparasites in the Hippopotamus.
I saw a guy on TV try to hold a hippo leech between his hands. As hard as he clenched then together the leech managed to squeeze out... |
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| Subject: | | Re: New terresterial leech species discovered in NJ |
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luna1580
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Thu, Oct 8 2009, 12:50am
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this is very cool, but i can just feel NJ jokes a-brewin'..... |
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| Subject: | | Re: New terresterial leech species discovered in NJ |
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luna1580
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Thu, Oct 8 2009, 1:00am
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and the moral of this story is.....
if you discover a large, black, blood-sucking, shape-changing, possibly-alien-unknown-beasty somewhere near your residence totally take it home to your kids and stash it in an aquarium (or something) in the livingroom and feed and care for it until you can bring it to a local professor for identification: the plot of an H.P. lovecraft novella, ridley scott movie, or the path to getting a new species named after your very own family, forever? YOU DECIDE! :)
so, so cool... ;) |
the beastie |
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