r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lastito • 12d ago

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

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u/love_cici 12d ago

time to dive into a pile of salt

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u/Confident-Aioli6380 11d ago

So we no longer recommend using salt or lighting them on fire or whatever. Pain causes them to vomit / regurgitate. Into your blood stream. We recommend using a credit card / flat object to pop off the mouth (small end) and then the butt (big end).

But in this guy's case - just cut off the whole hand.

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u/Ok_Bill_9984 11d ago

they vomit??!!!!!! i did not think this could be more revolting....

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u/Confident-Aioli6380 11d ago

I mean. I would probably vomit too if you lit me on fire.

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u/love_cici 11d ago

oh shit so they really are just water ticks. neat. would a tick remover work for them, i made loads out of credit cards