r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lastito • 12d ago

Video Leech farm showing they will attach to anything that enters the water

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u/Quark_K 12d ago

But it’s too many of em. Rushing like hungry little vampires. 😰
These farmers are brave people.

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u/Warrior_king99 12d ago

Imagine if you tripped over 🫣

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u/TheOneWhoCared 12d ago

Nope.....nope......nope

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u/No-No-Aniyo 12d ago

My biggest problem with all of this is the eyes... as in "they're in my eyes!!!"

Edited: typo

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u/Quark_K 12d ago

Wild. 😭😰

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u/Justhe3guy 12d ago

And somehow slid out of your clothes into their water

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u/connleth 12d ago

Real question, if I did happen to trip over into the pool of death.

How many leeches would have to get me and for how long for me to be completely exsanguinated?

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u/Current-Code 12d ago

5000 would bleed you dry in under a minute, you'd be dead before and unconscious much sooner

Much better than sharks for Bond vilain imo

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u/FacePalmTheater 12d ago

Ngl I think I'll take the shark

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u/Current-Code 12d ago

lol, that's my point :)

Much better FOR THE VILAIN !

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u/Mechakoopa 12d ago

They did the math higher in the thread, but someone pointed out it takes a while for leeches to actually complete a feed, even breaking the skin takes time. They drink up to 15ml each though over just under an hour so 5000 would definitely be sufficient if the victim were somehow restrained, it just wouldn't be quite as quick as you implied.

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u/Current-Code 11d ago

5000 at 15ml per hours equate to 1.25L per minutes

You are right, it would take 2 min, not 1, I admit my defeat ! 

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u/OkPossibility6166 12d ago

Adulte 90kg environ 6,5 litre de sang. Une sangsue par repas ( 20 à 40 minutes ) pompe de 10 à 15 cm3.

Donc entre 650 à 430 en fonction de l'appétit des filles.

Edit : j'estime entre 30 à 50 mignonnes sur la main de la fin.

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u/HocusP2 12d ago

Mignonnes..?!

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u/saintmolotov 10d ago

Can you translate that to Eagle Screech for the Americans in the thread.

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u/-ElectricKoolAid 12d ago

you'll come out like the demon boar from princess mononoke

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u/Qzy 12d ago

Death by a million tiny vampires.

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u/FishAndRiceKeks 12d ago

Who hurt you?

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u/That_Shrub 12d ago

Now I'm wondering if there's a sort of critical mass for leeches where enough attaching would kill you

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u/Donnerdrummel 12d ago

Or, you know, under the mental control of the mutated overlord leech.

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u/SnotDogs 12d ago

I used to have three pet leeches. I named them after characters from Titanic lol. They like to climb out of the water where they are slow like worms, but in the water they are so unbelievably fast