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.... This guy hitchhiked on some Riccia fluitans ?
('scuse fat sausage fingers??)
('scuse fat sausage fingers??)
On the subject of weird pets
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shortstuff99
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We all enjoy a good leech, although that one will eat inverts it can fit in its mouth....
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What species is it???
I know people commonly keep hirudo species as pets but this doesn't look green enough....I don't know though. It's sort of olive green/brownish. But maybe too green for an erpobdella species - and thats as far as my leech knowledge goes so I have no idea lol
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shortstuff99
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Speciating from a picture is a bit much for me ?, but most of the fresh water leeches are predators and fish leeches are really distinctive. Pretty easy to keep though, I had a couple come back alive after being in ethanol when I put them under the light scope ?.
shortstuff99
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If you fancy having a look under a scope this might help
https://www.bumblebee.org/invertebr... leeches are most,colourless blood and no jaw.
https://www.bumblebee.org/invertebr... leeches are most,colourless blood and no jaw.