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Leech keepers offer themselves as food to their 'pets' by allowing parasites to suck their blood | Daily Mail Online
![ScienceAlert on X: "😮 While it may seem strange, some people keep leeches as exotic pets. This large lovely squishy is called Laera and she's a giant Asian buffalo leech (Hirudinaria manillensis). ScienceAlert on X: "😮 While it may seem strange, some people keep leeches as exotic pets. This large lovely squishy is called Laera and she's a giant Asian buffalo leech (Hirudinaria manillensis).](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D80p7cuWwAICTWg.jpg)
ScienceAlert on X: "😮 While it may seem strange, some people keep leeches as exotic pets. This large lovely squishy is called Laera and she's a giant Asian buffalo leech (Hirudinaria manillensis).
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Giant Asian buffalo leech (Hirudinaria Manillensis) babies in cocoon + after coming out. 44 in total! : r/awwnverts
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All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel - Kindle edition by Yaccarino, Dan. Children Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
![Meet HUGE Buffalo Leech ESMERALDA! Bloodsucking Medicinal Leeches of Asia. Пиявица. Tsetsi - YouTube Meet HUGE Buffalo Leech ESMERALDA! Bloodsucking Medicinal Leeches of Asia. Пиявица. Tsetsi - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i8VljWmpVrQ/sddefault.jpg)
Meet HUGE Buffalo Leech ESMERALDA! Bloodsucking Medicinal Leeches of Asia. Пиявица. Tsetsi - YouTube
![A new species of buffalo leech in the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from Thailand A new species of buffalo leech in the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from Thailand](https://zookeys.pensoft.net/showimg.php?filename=oo_410544.jpg)