We keep medicinal leeches at our Zoo whenever possible. Look for them at the Insectarium.
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Medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis)
This animal has a slightly flattened cylindrical body, divided into 33 or 34 segments. The upperside is dark brown or black with six long... More 7 Images 1 Video ...
The anatomy of medicinal leeches may look simple, but more details are found beyond the macro level. Externally, medicinal leeches tend to have a brown and red striped design on an olive colored background.
It is doubtful whether the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, which is rarer in England than on the continent of Europe, or the horse leech, Aulastoma gulo, often confused with it, has the best right to the original possession of this name.
The medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, is one of a group of aquatic bloodsucking leeches with jaws. Another group of jawed bloodsuckers is terrestrial; these leeches live in damp tropical vegetation and drop onto their mammalian prey.
 See also: Leech, Sucker, Earthworm, Sea Lion, Iguana
  
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