Giant Red Kinabalu Leech Hunts and Swallows Giant Earthworm

leech and worm

Mimobdella buettikoferi, commonly known as the Kinabalu giant red leech, is a large bright orange-red coloured leech that is endemic to Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. It can grow to a length of 30 cm (12 in).

The Kinabalu leech feeds only on worms such as the Kinabalu giant earthworm, Pheretima darnleiensis [and] is usually seen during or after heavy downpours.

Well, never going to look at a plate of spaghetti the same way again.

That may just mean I imagine slurping down giant worms, note.

Video via BBC.
Quoted text via Wikipedia.

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