WASHINGTON — Scientists with the Smithsonian have discovered a new blood-sucker in the D.C. area -- a previously unknown species of leech that has three jaws with up to 59 teeth. The scientists with ...
Since the dawn of civilization, leeches have been firmly attached to medicine. Therapeutic bloodsuckers are seen in murals decorating the tombs of 18 th dynasty Egyptian pharaohs. They got their ...
WASHINGTON (ABC7) - Scientists discovered a species of a bloodsucking leech, with up to 59 teeth, in a D.C. pond. The leech is about as long as a cigarette, olive-green in color, with orange spots and ...