Tiger Leech

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ;)

Wow! Beauty! ..if I can use the word.

An easy way to get rid of leech, smoking. Leech afraid of tobacco, I don't know why, but that's work. That's why almost every forest adventurer in Indonesia become smoker. Just spit on the leech biting you (if you are a smoker) or put some tobacco juice. They will go.

Fun fact! A mature leech may not need to feed more than twice a year, and can store up to five times its own body mass of blood in its crop! Leeches attach themselves to their animal hosts with rudimentary “teeth”, actually three blades set at an angle to each other. These slice their way through skin, leaving a Y-shaped incision. The bite of some species is so strong that it can even penetrate the tough skin of a hippo! Leeches inject their hosts with an anesthetic so that they are unaware of their unwelcome hitchhikers, an anticoagulant that prevents the blood from clotting, and chemicals that prevent the blood from decaying. https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154031442105603/?type=1&stream_ref=10

Really yuck but fascinating.

Been hiking for a long time but still i am not so getting over with leeches.

The only thing that puts me off wanting to be in the rainforest. Cool looking leech though Dan.

Eek! Spectacular. I think leeches don't sleep if they smell blood.