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Are leeches herbivore?
They suck the blood of animal hosts, they would be considered carnivorous.
Give the Structural and functional adaptation of leeches for obtaining the food?
Structurally, leeches have a muscular, tube-like body with a sucker at each end to attach to a host. Their mouth contains three sets of jaws with sharp teeth to pierce the skin of the host to suck blood. Functionally, leeches secrete hirudin, an anticoagulant, to prevent blood from clotting while they feed, allowing them to obtain a blood meal successfully.
What is the leeches behavioral adaptations?
Leeches have several behavioral adaptations to help them survive, including their ability to detect and locate hosts through the detection of heat and chemicals, their ability to attach securely to a host using their suckers and specialized jaws, and their ability to feed on blood for extended periods by secreting anticoagulants to prevent blood clotting. Additionally, leeches can survive in harsh conditions by reducing their metabolism and becoming dormant until conditions improve.
Why are leeches used medically in the reattachment of severed toes and fingers?
After a reattachment surgery, patients can suffer from "venous congestion". This means that blood is being pumped to the area, but cannot be pumped out because the blood vessels in the new digit are too small and delicate to be surgically attached. The leeches are used to drain this trapped blood until the body reconnects the severed blood vessels and can drain the blood on its own.
How do leeches obtain energy?
humans
Do leeches make good pets?
No, leeches suck blood
Do all leeches suck impure blood?
no
Why did people think the leeches would be helpful?
Leeches suck blood and it was believed that leeches would actually suck the bad blood\diseased blood out of your body. Today leeches are used after reattachment of body parts, particularly fingers and toes. The leeches relieve the congestion of blood in the affected parts. The leeches also put a chemical into the blood in the area of the attachment that prevents blood from clotting.
What is the symbiotic relationship between leeches and monkeys?
The leeches suck out the monkeys blood. Does anyone have a better answer?
What do leeches look like?
they Suck On blood They Are Diffrent Colours
How big can leeches grow?
Leeches can grow up to 18 inches, they also grow when they suck your blood.
Can you die if you eat leeches?
No, unless they carry a disease. Leeches just suck your blood it it reaches your skin.
How do humans get annelid worms?
leeches will latch onto you and suck your blood.
How does a leech promote healing?
leeches can suck blood clots out of people
How can leeches be useful in medicine?
since leeches feed by sucking the blood out of their hosts.......they can be used in quantity to suck impurities or toxins out
Can leeches kill people?
It would be very unusual for leeches to kill people, however, they do suck blood, and a person can die from blood loss. In order to lose that much blood, a person would have to be unconscious will leeches are feasting at will.
Leeches have a diet made up entirely of carrion true or false?
It is false that leeches have a diet made up entirely of carrion. Leeches attach to a host and suck there blood that is how they live.
