Breakdown of a jump (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Breakdown of a jump

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Screenshots from the first conclusive videographic evidence that at least one leech species (Chtonobdella sp. from Madagascar) can jump, showing the leech coiling back before taking off.

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© Mai Fahmy

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