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cm0002@sh.itjust.works to Science@mander.xyz · 8 days ago

Leeches Didn't Always Suck Blood — Ancient Fossils Reveal They Swallowed Prey Whole

www.discovermagazine.com

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Leeches Didn't Always Suck Blood — Ancient Fossils Reveal They Swallowed Prey Whole

www.discovermagazine.com

cm0002@sh.itjust.works to Science@mander.xyz · 8 days ago
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Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components necessary to suck blood.
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    Is that more or less disturbing?

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