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Leech (before and after feeding)

Leech (before and after feeding)
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Description: Leeches lack bristles and have a sucker at either end

Many are scavengers or predators of small invertebrates

Some attach to a vertebrate, pierce its skin, and suck blood –their saliva has a protein that keeps blood from clotting

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