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		<title>Blood Sucking Leech!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/blood-sucking-leech/" title="Blood Sucking Leech!" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="159" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/leech1a-300x159.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="leech" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/leech1a-300x159.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/leech1a-800x425.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/leech1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>Now I&#x2019;m not referring to lawyers, I&#x2019;m talking about the blood sucking worm-like creatures. The leech is found all over the world, sans the Arctic and Antarctica, usually in stagnant or vernal pools. They feast on blood meals and can get quite large doing so; especially the ones from the [&#x2026;]</p>
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