the digestive system leech

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The digestive system of leech
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Leeches are ectotherms — cold-blooded animals that cannot regulate their own temperature and depend on their environment to do it for them. Blood-sucking species eat large meals and consume significant energy digesting them and excreting waste


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