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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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