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Re: slugs
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Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:28:36 +1200
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>On another somehow related subject, I can remembe seeing leeches for
>sale in some European drugstores.
>Surely efficient to regulate blood pressure but a real pest when you
>snail in some tropical areas.
>Kind regards
>Charles Geerts

Leeches... yecch. Horrible little worms.

Fortunately NZ has few, and those are very small. North America has
large gray/black aggressive ones. And Australia and parts of SE Asia
have LAND leeches... I met these in the Blue Mountains.

Anyone ever encountered a MARINE leech? They do exist.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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