Comments on: Leechfest 2006: “We are Always the Bait”

By: KiwiInOz

KiwiInOz — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:09:16 +0000

Apparently human blood makes many leeches sick (Dr Roy Sawyer, author of Leech biology and behaviour vols 1-3, personal communication)!

thefinn — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:01:40 +0000

“I wonder how/what she fed the leach!”

Why, her own blood, of course. What did you expect?

David — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:40:53 +0000

Siddall says: “The only other animals that swim in a vertical undulating pattern are whales and seals.” Don’t many nudibranchs also swim in this way?

Chamaree — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:39:17 +0000

I wonder how/what she fed the leach!

thefinn — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:16:25 +0000

“The story inspired the video team at the Times to film Siddall, who explains why we really shouldn’t be scared of leeches.”

Not all of us are. I know a woman who had a pet leech for a while. She was devastated when it died.

Dylab — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:36:23 +0000

Her is the direct link to the video. I think something is wrong with the java. http://nytimes.feedroom.com/?fr_story=8f3780d30788370c35986c41fff4d8c13e0f8cd0

Scott Belyea — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:32:09 +0000

The video link in the Loom item is dead. If I go to the Times article, the video link from there works fine.

4u1e — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:03:26 +0000

Me either – (Firefox 1.5.0.1/Win XP)