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[Michel]

     
 
 

[P.C.]

Ick !  Leeches are nasty creatures.  You have to take a salt shaker with you.  That's how we use to get rid of the little buggers.

[Michel]

     
 

[P.C.]

Not much waiting involved.  They curl up and fall off almost instantly.  We used to swim at Lac Le Jeune when we were kids, and my mom would hand us our towels and a salt shaker....like they were natural swimming equipment.

[Michel]

     
 

[P.C.]

We would come out of the water covered head to toe in the darn things.  Ick....I don't think I would like to do that any more.  

[Michel]

     

[P.C.]

I was just little.    

[Michel]

     
 

[P.C.]

De-leeched.   Hmmm.  

[Michel]

     

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
Ick !  Leeches are nasty creatures.  You have to take a salt shaker with you.  That's how we use to get rid of the little buggers.

not sure salt is the answer - these are dry land leeches.  usually wet bodied creatures hate salt - these are dry.  Pliers for scale





 

[van_guy]

 Aren't you supposed to burn them and not pull on it, as if the leech head stay inside you can cause infection and can easily come back with only one arm in this kind of climate. Seriously, I hope you take care of you. It's only a job after all. Will you still do that type of job for many years ? I'm sure sometimes it must be great, but far from always.

i suppose you could burn them off but they seem pretty heat resistant - no infections to date ...

I am very healthy.  Lots of exresise better, diet than north america. lots of fresh air.

These guys (see below) are the ones that creep me out - they are poisonous and hang out in tight dark underground caves (man made)  that i explore.  hey are very fast and can get about 2-3 times this big.




 
 
 

[P.C.]

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  Ick ick ick !

  Van guy, I was reading about those dry land leeches, and it says that Tiger Balm works good to prevent them from leeching on in the first place....as well as getting them off.

[P.C.]

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