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Researchers have identified one species of terrestrial leech that jumps. Chtonobdella fallax is a common species in Madagascar. According to the researchers, “For each jump, the leech coils back before taking off. Visually, this appears somewhat like a backbending cobra or a spring being pulled back to maximize potential energy.”
Credit: A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar
Mai Fahmy, Michael Tessler
Biotropica, DOI: 10.1111/btp.13340
Researchers have identified one species of terrestrial leech that jumps. Chtonobdella fallax is a common species in Madagascar. According to the researchers, “For each jump, the leech coils back before taking off. Visually, this appears somewhat like a backbending cobra or a spring being pulled back to maximize potential energy.”
Credit: A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar
Mai Fahmy, Michael Tessler
Biotropica, DOI: 10.1111/btp.13340
