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Jun 20, 2024 · While the animals generally wait for wildlife to come to them, footage captured in the forests of Madagascar suggests that Chtonobdella leeches aren’t always as patient. The videos show the leeches bending their body like a spring being pulled back, before throwing its rigid body forward.
Jun 20, 2024 · Mai Fahmy, a visiting scientist at the American Museum of Natural History and a postdoctoral researcher at Fordham University captured video evidence showing leeches from the genus Chtonobdella...
Jun 20, 2024 · A study has documented terrestrial leeches jumping from leaves, exhibiting spring-like movements. This newfound behavior, observed in the Chtonobdella genus during Madagascar field studies, revises our understanding of leech mobility.
Jun 20, 2024 · Fahmy collected the jumping leech she observed on the 2023 trip, and the researchers identified it as Chtonobdella fallax, a common species in Madagascar.
Jun 21, 2024 · After recording and collecting a jumping leech, the researchers found that it belonged to Chtonobdella fallax, a species of land leech with sister species spread across the Indo-Pacific...
Jun 20, 2024 · Reporting today in Biotropica, the duo describes Chtonobdella fallax, a leech species common to the island, rearing back like a snake ready to strike before springing forward, straight-bodied, across a leaf or from a bush onto the ground.
Jun 20, 2024 · Fahmy collected the jumping leech she observed on the 2023 trip, and the researchers identified it as Chtonobdella fallax, a common species in Madagascar.
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