From Smithsonian Magazine:

Because there were not many vertebrates in the area of Wisconsin where the fossil was found—and thus not much blood to suck—researchers believe the ancient leeches instead ate their prey whole or simply sucked up their innards.

This feels vaguely familiar 🤔

gif of Link, from the Legend of Zelda. He’s inside of a likelike and it’s constricting his body, as shown in a little circle off to the left

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