New Bloodsucker Is Discovered: First North American Medicinal Leech Scientifically Described in Over 40 Years

This Smithsonian Scientist is on a Mission to Make Leeches Less Scary, Smithsonian Voices

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Leeches don't suck! : Friends of Sax-Zim Bog

This Smithsonian Scientist is on a Mission to Make Leeches Less Scary, Smithsonian Voices

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Science news in brief: Megatoothed sharks and inside a leech, The Independent

Cloning, characterization, and heterologous expression of a candidate Hirudin gene from the salivary gland transcriptome of Hirudo nipponia

What happens when someone eats a live leech? Is it the leech that dies from stomach acid? Or still live by sucking blood? - Quora

Leeches expose wildlife's whereabouts and may aid conservation efforts

New Bloodsucker Is Discovered: First North American Medicinal Leech Scientifically Described in Over 40 Years

Medicinal Leeches: Historical use, Ecology, Genetics and Conservation