Videos Show That Leeches Can Jump in Pursuit of Blood – The New York Times

Land-dwelling leeches can seem like placid creatures. But when they re on the hunt for blood, look out.

An appetite for blood may have provoked acts of startling athleticism, documented in a pair of videos released Thursday by two scientists alongside a study in the journal Biotropica. In each, a brown pillar of flesh and muscle, standing atop a green leaf, waves back and forth on its quest for blood. Then, it coils itself into a comma, bunching up its lower half. Finally, the leech leaps, flying through the air with a kind of wild abandon.

Lean closer, cup your ear: You can almost imagine you hear a tiny Yahooooooo!

via www.nytimes.com

Disgusting creatures but creatures nonetheless.