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These creatures are in the same family as worms.
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Leeches breath through their skin.
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You cannot feel a leech attach to your body.
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When the leech has finished feeding it may not eat again for months.
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All leeches produce fertilized eggs.
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Leeches may have 2 to 10 eyes depending on the species.
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One speices of leech has been found in the polar oceans
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A leech can eat up to 5 times its body weight.
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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.
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Leeches live in quiet bodies of fresh water.
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The leech releases a blood thinner to make ingesting the blood eaiser.
This blood thinner has been proven beneficial in medicine.
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All leeches have 34 segments in their body.
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Leeches have lots of predators.
Large mouth bass, perch, catfish and dragonfly larvae eat leeches.
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There are 500 different speices of leeches.
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Leeches are being studied for medicine.
new pharmaceutical compounds are being found for the eventual treatment of heart diseases.
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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.
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The 'European Medical Leech has help save the limbs of humans in 29 countries.
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Leeches release a painkiller so their host feels nothing.
This painkiller has been found to have medical benefits for humans.
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Leeches come in different colors
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Leeches vary in size
The smallest leech is about a 1/2 an inch and the largest about 8 inches.
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There are three speices of leeches
Jawed leech, jawless leech and the worm leech.
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