Friday, June 22, 2012

LEECHES IN LAKE OF THE PINES


I have been hearing reports of leaches in Lake of the Pines. Does anyone know what their Board of Directors plan to do to combat these blood suckers?

WikipediaLeeches are segmented worms that belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the subclass Hirudinea. Like other oligochaetes such as earthworms, leeches share a clitellum and are hermaphrodites. Nevertheless, they differ from other oligochaetes in significant ways. For example, leeches do not have bristles and the external segmentation of their bodies does not correspond with the internal segmentation of their organs. Their bodies are much more solid as the spaces in their coelom are dense with connective tissues. They also have two suckers, one at each end.

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