Natural History Wanderings

Digital Camera World reports

New footage, captured in the forests of Madagascar, has now disturbingly proven that the parasitic worms can, in fact, propel themselves. “By coiling their body back, the blood-sucking invertebrates are able to throw themselves forward, potentially towards new prey,” according to the Natural History Museum, London.

Source: Leeches can jump – yes jump – and it has been caught on video in a world first | Digital Camera World