Contrary to popular belief, not all of them are bloodsuckers. In fact, many of them are sit-and-wait predators and feed on a variety of different invertebrates such as insects (gnats, mosquito larvae, water bugs), oligochaetes (both aquatic blackworms and their terrestrial cousins, the earthworms), amphipods (side swimmers), and lots of different kinds of molluscs including pond snails and freshwater clams. These predacious leeches are either engulfers (ie. they swallow their prey whole) or they are equipped with a protrusible proboscis which resembles a hypodermic needle. When not in use, the proboscis is retracted into the mouth, but when a leech has located a prey item, the proboscis pops out of the mouth and the leech uses it to spear its prey and then, once the prey is subdued, the leech uses the hollow proboscis like a soda straw and sucks up the juices of its prey.
Leeches eat small insects and molluscs some can even eat small fish
Leeches are eaten by fish... in fact they are used as fishing bait especially for catfish and salmon
Leeches can also drink blood. some are even used in medicine to drink bad blood or eat dead skin.
Most people think of leeches as nasty bloodsucking creatures with little or no
worth, and no interesting behaviors, let alone any parenting skills, but this
popular perception of them is way off the mark. A common misconception
about leeches is that there is only one kind of leech. In fact, there are between
700 and 1000 species of leeches worldwide and they can be found in a variety
of different habitats including marine, estuarine, moist terrestrial (particularly
in Australia and Southeast Asia) and freshwater ecosystems.
What do leeches eat?
Contrary to popular belief, not all of them are bloodsuckers. In fact, many of
them are sit-and-wait predators and feed on a variety of different invertebrates
such as insects (gnats, mosquito larvae, water bugs), oligochaetes (both
aquatic blackworms and their terrestrial cousins, the earthworms), amphipods
(side swimmers), and lots of different kinds of molluscs including pond snails
and freshwater clams. These predacious leeches are either engulfers (ie. they
swallow their prey whole) or they are equipped with a protrusible proboscis
which resembles a hypodermic needle. When not in use, the proboscis is
retracted into the mouth, but when a leech has located a prey item, the
proboscis pops out of the mouth and the leech uses it to spear its prey and
then, once the prey is subdued, the leech uses the hollow proboscis like a soda
straw and sucks up the juices of its prey.
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Blood and dead flesh from a bloody rotten carecus
Leeches are from the subclass Hirudinea and a kind of segmented worm but differ in significant ways. Leeches eat a prey on small invertebrates, and they use their interior suckers to feed on their host.
Yes, while there isn't much blood flow near the surface, there is enough that leeches will attach to the shell and feed.
No, leeches are parasites.
Leeches are born by getting detached from the bodies of the adult leeches. They are usually segmented. When one segment is detached the new leeches are born.
Yes, leeches are parasites.
It's possible.
true
Leeches are from the subclass Hirudinea and a kind of segmented worm but differ in significant ways. Leeches eat a prey on small invertebrates, and they use their interior suckers to feed on their host.
since leeches feed by sucking the blood out of their hosts.......they can be used in quantity to suck impurities or toxins out
Leeches are quite fast. They swim fast when they notice vibration in the water so they can attach themselves to a host and feed.
It is false that leeches have a diet made up entirely of carrion. Leeches attach to a host and suck there blood that is how they live.
Humans are mammals. How could they be used in medicine on humans, if they won't feed on mammals.
leeches feed like the lamphrey.
If leeches are moist, water loving critters, then no self-respecting tick would get near it to feed. Ticks prefer mammals or reptiles.
No, leeches stand little chance of catching the very quick mosquito larvae. Leeches tend to feed on fish, often attaching themselves to the fish right before they are swallowed and then moving to the gills where they suck the fish's blood.
No leeches are definitely not Mammals. Leeches are annelids comprising the subclass Hirudinea. There are fresh water, terrestrial, and marine leeches. Like the Oligochaeta, they share the presence of a clitellum. Like earthworms, leeches are hermaphrodites. Some, but not all leeches feed on blood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeches
Sanguivorous animals are animals that feed on blood. Examples are bats, leeches and certain insects, such as the mosquito.