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  • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Folks, let’s bring back bloodletting in 2022. While we are at it, does anybody have any good tips on warding off the lingering miasma in my home?

    • cogito_ergo_cum [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's simple, you just need to trepan a hole into your skull so the noxious fumes don't get stuck in there

  • BabaIsPissed [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Honestly I find this more funny than creepy. Giving a leech a bow and calling it princess is just :chefs-kiss:

  • Mizokon [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Each leech can consume about 5 to 10 ml of blood at each feeding, almost 10 times its own weight. They have three jaws and a hundred teeth. As they bite, they inject an anaesthetic into the skin and their saliva contains anticoagulants which stop the blood clotting

    Leeches only feed about once every six months, this is about how long the blood meal takes to be fully digested. Certain bacteria keep the blood from decaying during the long digestion period.

    yim yum. also better than actual landlords

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Landlords feed every month and they don't even give out any anaesthetic! :angery:

    • booty [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      5 to 10 ml of blood

      lol thats not enough to notice it's missing. id probably feed the leech too if i could trust it wasn't carrying any diseases or anything

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Whoa, that bacteria tho. What if we could cultivate a benign strain to act as a preservative in medical blood supplies?

  • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Eh ur average kitty probly makes u lose more blood than this little bugger

    :party-cat:

  • MerryChristmas [any]
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    2 years ago

    I keep my fish tanks immaculate but I'd still be worried about tankborne disease. Otherwise, though, I don't really think this is that gross. It's just people with weird interests being passionate about their weird interests.

    Is there a way to make sure these things are clean? Or are these people ordering medical grade leeches as pets? I'm actually really curious about this subculture now.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Rats are literally my favorite animal so I shouldn't judge, you're right. It's just an initial reaction thing.

      • MerryChristmas [any]
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        2 years ago

        I definitely get how this could make someone squeamish! I have a thing about my own blood so these would not be the pets for me...

  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Jokes aside I have respect for anyone capable of extending their empathy this far from their own branch of the evolutionary tree. Still kinda gross though

  • Big_Bob [any]
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    2 years ago

    Those arms are so skinny, I'm surprised she has any blood in there at all.