This is my brain on leeches
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This is my brain on leeches
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Re: This is my brain on leeches
#2This is actually a fascinating article, and I am suitably grossed out and fascinated at the same time. Good HN material, in the 'Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups.' guideline sense.
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#3Leeches are very much in use today in the US, in operating rooms especially!
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#4I would be down to try leeching but I have an irrational fear theyre gunna lay eggs in my bloodstream.
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#5Okay, yea, that was a fun read. Thanks for the article/post/what the heck is the right term anyway! I learned lots of things I did not expect to learn today.
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#6Leeches are very much in use today in the US, in operating rooms especially!
Also, sterilized maggots are used for maggot debridement therapy to clean necrotic tissue from wounds. They don't touch living fresh.
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#7This is actually a fascinating article, and I am suitably grossed out and fascinated at the same time. Good HN material, in the 'Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups.' guideline sense.
Sucher's substack is reliably interesting in that way, you should check out the back issues
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#8I would be down to try leeching but I have an irrational fear theyre gunna lay eggs in my bloodstream.
Ssh... don't fight the symbiosis... accept your fate
Re: This is my brain on leeches
#9I would be down to try leeching but I have an irrational fear theyre gunna lay eggs in my bloodstream.
You'll be fine. I went swamp swimming plenty as a kid and my grandmother would salt the leeches off me.
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#10Leeches can also be used for weather forecasting*, as in the greatest-named invention of all time, the Tempest Prognosticator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_prognosticator
* results may vary.