Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research - Anyone for a giant leech, capable of crawling across the land? Meet Ornithobdella edentula, a rare, ground-dwelling leech found by Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research paleoecologist
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Tropical land leech (Haemadipsa crenata) sucking some blood from the skin. Haemadipsa crenata : the beautiful new species (2007) of Land leeches (Bloodsucker) from tropical forest , Southeast Asia. Stock Photo | Adobe Stock
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