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Found this on my toe after swimming in a lake [Solved: Leech] (lemmy.world)

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It was in a small lake in Washington, and I noticed it as I was about to drive home.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah that's a larval state candiru. Here's a little video that talks about them.

https://youtu.be/K7SLWF_by-E

I used to see those all the time when I was making all of this up.