Journey to the Microcosmos | Blood-Sucking Escape Artists @journeytomicro | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 minutes ago.
Of all the animals that we’ve examined in the microcosmos, leeches are probably one of the few that can be used as a verb, to leech off someone—to take and take from them, like a worm consuming someone’s blood.

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bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1608/FRJ-4.1.417
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britannica.com/biography/Francois-Joseph-Victor-Broussais
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