You might have been to Lake Leman (Lake Geneva) in Switzerland. Or at least, many of you know of the croissant-shaped lake. Sadly, I must tell you that there exist leeches even in the beautiful glacier lake. Here is the evidence. It is a leech specimen collected from the lake.The biggest interest in my life is to find leech-free countries. Switzerland was among the strongest candidates. Now it's gone though.
2 comments:
Borneo is no longer on your list of no-leech countries.
"...During an adventure race in 2000 in Borneo, a leech attached to one of Ballengee's eyes. That led to a corneal ulcer that left her blind for three days..."
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/general/news/story?id=2704879&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1
No! I don't believe the story. Anecdotal evidence alone cannot eliminate Borneo from my list. We need specimen. Borneo is still on the list.
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