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Fanged leech pulled from girl's nose
New species of blood sucker feeds from the body orifices of mammals
By Jennifer Viegas
updated 1:06 p.m. CT, Thurs., April 15, 2010
An enormous-toothed leech, pulled from the nose of a girl who was bathing in a river, has just been documented in the journal PLoS ONE.
Named Tyrannobdella rex, which means "tyrant leech king," the new species of blood sucker sports its "ferociously large teeth" in a single jaw, but is less than 2 inches in length.
Found at remote parts of the Upper Amazon in Peru, the new species has led to a revising of the leech family that feeds from the body orifices of mammals.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36563451/ns/technology_and_science-science/
By Jennifer Viegas
updated 1:06 p.m. CT, Thurs., April 15, 2010
An enormous-toothed leech, pulled from the nose of a girl who was bathing in a river, has just been documented in the journal PLoS ONE.
Named Tyrannobdella rex, which means "tyrant leech king," the new species of blood sucker sports its "ferociously large teeth" in a single jaw, but is less than 2 inches in length.
Found at remote parts of the Upper Amazon in Peru, the new species has led to a revising of the leech family that feeds from the body orifices of mammals.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36563451/ns/technology_and_science-science/
You are not going to find me going there either :-OOOO Like something out of a horror flick!!!
blah i would want one of those things on me. I think im staying out of the rivers in peru :P
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