Posted on 08/16/2019 2:57:54 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
Smithsonian researcher describes a previously unknown species of olive-green bloodsucker that has three jaws with up to 59 teeth.
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"Leeches are hermaphrodites, they mate with other leeches, and accessory pores secrete mucus that allows the mating leeches to stick together"
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
“...olive-green bloodsucker...”
Could be some from Pentagon procurement!
This post just writes its own responses...
named democrato scleriousus
The should call it Democrats....Leeches and Dems do go together...
The source article is full of insight. For example, “Phillips also learned that a M. mimicus leech specimen was collected in New York in 1937. “It’s not something new that’s come up; it’s something that has been there the whole time, unrecognized,” ” Yep, leeches have been there the whole time, unrecognized.
YARKAGE !!! That’ll rattle Yer eyeballs...
Talking about leeches.
Warning: Don’t Try This at Home
When it comes to parasitology, sometimes you have to get really up close with your study organism, as one researcher in Taiwan did in trying to figure out the behaviour of Dinobdella ferox - a species of leech that has a habit of getting into some uncomfortable (for its host) places.
http://dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2019/10/dinobdella-ferox.html
Warning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8_2d2Jv3Xw
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