[NatureNS] Is this a young leech?

Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:44:18 -0700
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As I child I swam with my family in the East River in Pictou County,around =
Plymouth. The juvenile leeches that stuck to our feet were like this. Somet=
imes we would come out with 20 or more stuck to us. Cheers,=0A=0AMargaret F=
raser=0A=0ASent from Yahoo Mail on Android=0A=0AFrom:"David & Alison Webste=
r" <dwebster@glinx.com>=0ADate:Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 7:11 pm=0ASubject:Re: [=
NatureNS] Is this a young leech?=0A=0ACould this not simply be a young leec=
h ? The leeches which I have fed/seen have all been larger and dark on the =
dorsal surface but presumably they start from small eggs and a tiny pale le=
ech would perhaps escape notice and be more likely to not be eaten.=0A=0AYt=
, DW=0A=0A----- Original Message ----- =0A=0AFrom: Burkhard Plache =0A=0ATo=
: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0A=0ASent: Friday, September 25, 2015 6:11 PM=0A=
=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Is this a young leech?=0A=0A=0AThe critter was c=
ertainly alive and well, not a plastic imitation.=0A=0A=0AOn Fri, Sep 25, 2=
015 at 12:11 AM, Ian Manning <ianmanning4@gmail.com> wrote:=0A=0AA little t=
ough to say from the photo, but it looks to me like an plastic poppyseed le=
ech aka a "powerbait". Commonly used for small mouth bass fishing. The only=
 thing that's throwing me off is the stuck to your foot part. =A0=0A=0A=0AO=
therwise, I guess it could be the type of leech the lure is meant to imitat=
e. However that would be a new critter to me.=A0=0A=0A=0ABest,=0A=0AIan=0A=
=0A=0AOn Sep 24, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@gmail.c=
om> wrote:=0A=0AAfter a swim in a muddy lake,=0A=0Aa tiny (1 mm thin, 5 mm =
long) sucking animal=0A=0Ahad attached itself to my foot. It was easy to pu=
ll off.=0A=0ADoes anybody have an idea what I collected?=0A=0A=0Ahttps://ww=
w.dropbox.com/s/k5nwurwunn2bkil/H1390501.JPG?dl=3D0=0A=0AThanks for any inp=
ut,=0A=0ABurkhard=0A=0A=0A=0ANo virus found in this message.=0AChecked by A=
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<table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tr><td valign=3D"t=
op">As I child I swam with my family in the East River in Pictou County,aro=
und Plymouth. The juvenile leeches that stuck to our feet were like this. S=
ometimes we would come out with 20 or more stuck to us. Cheers,<div id=3D"y=
Mail_cursorElementTracker_0.8416325964499265">Margaret Fraser<br><br><p><a =
href=3D"https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=3DAndroid">Sent from Y=
ahoo Mail on Android</a></p> <hr><table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"=
 border=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign=3D"top"> <div style=3D"font-family:R=
oboto, sans-serif;color:#7e7d80;"><b>From</b>:"David &amp; Alison Webster" =
&lt;dwebster@glinx.com&gt;<br><b>Date</b>:Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 7:11 pm<br><=
b>Subject</b>:Re: [NatureNS] Is this a young leech?<br><br></div> =0A<div>C=
ould this not simply be a young leech ? The leeches which I have fed/seen =
=0Ahave all been larger and dark on the dorsal surface but presumably they =
start =0Afrom small eggs and a tiny pale leech would perhaps escape notice =
and be more =0Alikely to not be eaten.</div>=0A<div>Yt, DW</div>=0A<blockqu=
ote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;PAD=
DING-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;">=0A  <div class=3D"yQTDBa=
se yqt2071951600" id=3D"yqt01675"><div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;">----- Ori=
ginal Message ----- </div>=0A  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4=
e4e4;"><b>From:</b> =0A  <a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" title=3D"burkha=
rdplache@gmail.com" ymailto=3D"mailto:burkhardplache@gmail.com" target=3D"_=
blank" href=3D"javascript:return">Burkhard Plache</a> </div>=0A  <div style=
=3D"FONT:10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" title=
=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" tar=
get=3D"_blank" href=3D"javascript:return">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> </div=
>=0A  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 25, 20=
15 6:11 =0A  PM</div>=0A  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> R=
e: [NatureNS] Is this a young =0A  leech?</div>=0A  <div><br clear=3D"none"=
></div>=0A  <div dir=3D"ltr">=0A  <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"FON=
T-FAMILY:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The =0A  critter was certainly aliv=
e and well, not a plastic imitation.<br clear=3D"none"></div>=0A  <div clas=
s=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"none">=0A  <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri=
, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Ian Manning <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a rel=3D"nof=
ollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com" target=3D"_b=
lank" href=3D"javascript:return">ianmanning4@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote=
:<br clear=3D"none">=0A  <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"BORDER-=
LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex;">=0A    <div=
>=0A    <div>A little tough to say from the photo, but it looks to me like =
an =0A    plastic poppyseed leech aka a "powerbait". Commonly used for smal=
l mouth =0A    bass fishing. The only thing that's throwing me off is the s=
tuck to your =0A    foot part. &nbsp;</div>=0A    <div><br clear=3D"none"><=
/div>=0A    <div>Otherwise, I guess it could be the type of leech the lure =
is meant to =0A    imitate. However that would be a new critter to me.&nbsp=
;</div>=0A    <div><br clear=3D"none"></div>=0A    <div>Best,</div>=0A    <=
div>Ian</div>=0A    <div>=0A    <div class=3D"h5">=0A    <div></div>=0A    =
<div><br clear=3D"none">On Sep 24, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Burkhard Plache &lt;<=
a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:burkhardplache@gmail.co=
m" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"javascript:return">burkhardplache@gmail.com</a=
>&gt; wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"></div>=0A    <blockquote =
type=3D"cite">=0A      <div>=0A      <div dir=3D"ltr">=0A      <div style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After a swim in a =0A      m=
uddy lake,<br clear=3D"none"></div>=0A      <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:arial=
, helvetica, sans-serif;">a tiny (1 mm thin, 5 =0A      mm long) sucking an=
imal<br clear=3D"n