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Leeches!

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aren’t medical leeches executives and the insurance industry?

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    • qaz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Different type of leeches

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      • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah these leeches are actually working for the patient instead of against them

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    • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t give honest hard-working freedom loving American leeches a bad name, comparing them to the health-adjacent cash extraction system.

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    • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They don’t escape, they get vacations.

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  • Ma10gan@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You know, the red trail on the floor is really giving me a lot of positive vibes. This gives me an idea for decorating a children’s hospital…

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  • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ðeıṙ aṙ a’ſ medikėl mægėtſ.

    spoiler

    There are also medical maggots.

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    • DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Source? I am interested

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      • sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For anyone who doesn’t wish to see the images: the maggots are used to clean wounds bc they only eat dead or rotting flesh.

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      • vulture_god@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Heads up - potentially NSFL image at top:

        en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy

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    • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      a’ſ

      That’s an “also”?

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      • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ye

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  • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My friend doesn’t get what that cable on the floor is.

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    • Matthew@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Trail of blood from the leech

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      • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh!

        Ohhh…

        Ewwwww.

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  • Poogona@hexbear.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When I found out that leech saliva was antimicrobial I decided leeches are good and that disliking them is lookism

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    • Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I knew someone that had some as pets, they would literally put their hand into the tank and let them bite it to feed them.

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maggots, too.

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  • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh!

    Ohhhh…

    Ewwww.

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