Template:Did you know nominations/Chtonobdella limbata
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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 02:31, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
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Chtonobdella limbata
C. limbata in Sydney.
- ... that some Australian forests are home to 6 centimetre-long land leeches (pictured) that use saw-like jaws to cut open their victims' skin?
- Source: Description of a soft-bodied invertebrate with microcomputed tomography and revision of the genus Chtonobdella (Hirudinea: Haemadipsidae) — alternatively, you can also read this source with this slightly suspicious Google Drive file.
- ALT1: ... that the leech Chtonobdella limbata (pictured) can survive months without any water by entering an inanimate state? Source: Observations on the Australian land-leech, Chtonobdella limbata.
- ALT2: ... that the land leech Chtonobdella limbata (pictured) has a small prehensile hook-like protrusion at the tip of its rear sucker? Source: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.24590/page/n416/mode/1up?q=limbata
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2024 Tallahassee tornadoes is in progress; will give a check mark shortly.
- Comment: I am in two (or, more precisely, three) minds about the hook. ALT0 is the most "hooky" in a vaguely horrifying kind of way, but that's true for all land leeches that happen to live in Australia: it's not unique to this species. ALT1, I think, is a decent alternative, but it and ALT2 lack a certain hookiness that would appeal to non-hirudophiles.
