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You'll be fine. I went swamp swimming plenty as a kid and my grandmother would salt the leeches off me.
by MarcelOlsz 1y ago
You'll be fine. I went swamp swimming plenty as a kid and my grandmother would salt the leeches off me.
- atsaloli 1y agoNice! That reminds me of https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bloodsuckers-1.5361074 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bloodsuckers-1.5361074 where I learned: "... resist the temptation to pour salt on [a bloodsucking leech], as folk wisdom recommends, because that could cause the leech to vomit into the wound, posing unnecessary health risks, suggest biologists behind a new exhibit on bloodsucking animals."