1.
Leeches breath through their skin.
36 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 2 comments
Comments:
thats cool
Added 9 years ago by guest, 1 point
thats easiy
Added 9 years ago by zes0331, -2 points
2.
You cannot feel a leech attach to your body.
35 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 2 comments
Comments:
CREEPY
Added 8 years ago by guest, 6 points
No Way!
Added 8 years ago by guest, 3 points
3.
When the leech has finished feeding it may not eat again for months.
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4.
All leeches produce fertilized eggs.
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5.
Leeches may have 2 to 10 eyes depending on the species.
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6.
One speices of leech has been found in the polar oceans
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7.
A leech can eat up to 5 times its body weight.
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8.
Leeches feed on lots of different animals.
They don't necessarily feed on the warm blooded animals, they feed on turtles, ducks and water snakes.
18 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 1 comment
Comments:
Leeches are dangerous and this gets us to know better about them
Added 9 years ago by guest, 0 points
9.
Leeches live in quiet bodies of fresh water.
15 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 1 comment
Comments:
cool
Added 8 years ago by guest, 1 point
10.
The leech releases a blood thinner to make ingesting the blood eaiser.
This blood thinner has been proven beneficial in medicine.
13 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 1 comment
Comments:
Yeah it's true
Added 10 years ago by guest, 9 points
11.
All leeches have 34 segments in their body.
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12.
Leeches have lots of predators.
Large mouth bass, perch, catfish and dragonfly larvae eat leeches.
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13.
There are 500 different speices of leeches.
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14.
Leeches are being studied for medicine.
new pharmaceutical compounds are being found for the eventual treatment of heart diseases.
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15.
Leeches are used to help burn victims.
When skin grafts are performed leeches are sometimes used to help the new skin get a new blood supply.
6 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 1 comment
Comments:
wow
Added 5 years ago by guest, 0 points
16.
The 'European Medical Leech has help save the limbs of humans in 29 countries.
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17.
Leeches release a painkiller so their host feels nothing.
This painkiller has been found to have medical benefits for humans.
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18.
Leeches come in different colors
-1 point - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 1 comment
Comments:
They can be brown, black, green or red.
Added 13 years ago by JanetK, 3 points
19.
Leeches vary in size
The smallest leech is about a 1/2 an inch and the largest about 8 inches.
-4 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 1 comment
Comments:
Male leeches mate with other males around July, and with females around November.
Added 10 years ago by guest, 1 point
20.
There are three speices of leeches
Jawed leech, jawless leech and the worm leech.
-5 points - added 13 years ago by JanetK - 2 comments
Comments:
You said their is 500 different kinds of leeches
Added 7 years ago by guest, -3 points
There are probiscis leeches too
Added 8 years ago by guest, -2 points
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