ENJOY a relaxing swim with some local leeches!

Yes, LEECHES🪱🪱🪱
#Leechnado

These leeches were observed in a roadside stream entering Green Bay, Wisconsin, during Northern Pike fieldwork.

These are predatory leeches, not parasitic blood-sucking leeches. They feed on other small invertebrates!

Spend YEARS on #SciComm for gar conservation, but videos on Paddlefish feeding and creepy leeches get over 1 MILLION views 🤷‍♂️😂

At least it’s all freshwater💧
Paddlefish: https://bit.ly/3RZpgWr
#Leechnado: https://bit.ly/3oyGBrL

Included cameos by several friendly neighborhood #scicomm tweeps, tags & blogs!
#NichollsBiology #ActualLivingScientist #Leechnado #GarLab

.@ToksSrevec @PHSJonas Here's LOTS of isopods that showed up alongside #leechnado; note post-apocalyptic aquascape https://youtu.be/4r7V9SySBnU

BONUS: Many invertebrates also use wetlands/aquatic corridors; lest we forget #Leechnado exists https://youtu.be/CMdawl05lMs #WorldWetlandsDay

I use other clips, e.g. #leechnado, to draw attn to diversity at field sites https://youtu.be/CMdawl05lMs

Haha #leechnado has surpassed 1 million views; apparently the creepy & disturbing draw attn https://youtu.be/CMdawl05lMs

Apparently #leechnado continues to parasitize social media @ #SMWChicago! #SMWniche https://youtu.be/CMdawl05lMs https://t.co/vRp4znvgO1

@SolomonRDavid your #leechnado vid / gif has crossed over to http://ADVRider.com in the WTFPics thread. Cheers http://t.co/kY1lIrFpmw

RETURN of #Leechnado? No clue how @reddit works, but friends alerted me leech clip is #5 http://bit.ly/1hJRxP5 http://t.co/gX46AikPQi

.@theleechguy perhaps a relative of this bloodsucker? http://bit.ly/1BmfQuY #Leechnado 3/n http://t.co/U4iimw1y1X

#Leechnado: The Next Generation? More species encountered today; one w/ EGGS! ID thoughts @theleechguy? #GBfish15 2/n http://t.co/YWD9UdECpV

Speaking of #leechnado http://youtu.be/CMdawl05lMs I received this text from my field techs in Green Bay today: http://t.co/WQJuo3jmK3

Years before #leechnado, there was #PerchCloud! Never know what to expect from this site! #GreatLakes @DrFishSG http://t.co/PEZEXfBMVT

Testing #leechnado? @theleechguy told me they're non-parasitic; we got one today, hopefully for better ID! http://t.co/Jdgr0QnrRr

@aManAboutFilm great chatting #leechnado & #Avengers with you! Now THERE's a combo I never expected via phone chat!

@RachelFeltman great chatting #GreatLakes & #leechnado w/ you! Not a phrase I ever anticipated using! What's scarier leeches or dmv?