Leeches

[argyll]

the medicinal leech is larger and tastes different....

 

What do they taste like John.

[UK-Fishing-Tackle.co.uk]

On sky Trev and whatever said they were £5 each, and the only place they could source them from was a medicinal plant in Wales or something.

 

That was Catfish-ing if I recall.

 

Ohh to be sponsored by the likes of Home and Leisure (or realtime or whatever)....

[Orca]

Ok got an idea

 

When your arm is at the stump stage you cant phone for the ambulance, if you don’t get the timing right for phoning the ambulance you could have them arrive before you've plucked up the courage to use the arm as a leech lift, too late and we are at stump stage again.... so my suggestion; well.....invite some mates around for a pool party, get them drunk and then shout "last one ins a sissy". You don't jump in therefore you have both arms intact to call the ambulance for them its not your fault its a pond you've got and not a pool and at least you've been considerate enough to your mates to ensure you were able to call for help, only problem is yes the pond will be leech free but you would also be mate free

 

P.S to those on AN don’t go to Eltons pool party if he invites you

 

 

[ 04. September 2005, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: Orca ]

[Elton]

captain birdseye:

They dont like it up em you know.

Pour some boiling water on the blighters but make sure that  none of the hot water goes in the pond.

Are they the tiny type of leech no bigger than a bloodworm?

These were quite big - bigger than a bloodworm, and clear.

 

They stretched really well under hose pressure before they became detached

[Orca]

Hey Elton have you still got both your arms??

[John S]

LOL

[Elton]

Orca:

Hey Elton have you still got both your arms??

Yeah, but that's definitely the last time I go skinny-dipping in there

[Zigs]

Oh no, he's lost his Lamprey

[Guest Ferret1959]

Oh no, he's lost his Lamprey

 

 

Don't panic Ziggy, eel manage witout it.:)

[corydoras]

For what it is worth, if they are medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) then they are a Globally Threatened Species and a Biodiversity Action Plan priority species.

Edited October 25, 2005 by corydoras