stackyFACTSBloodsucking worms have better bedside manners than most human dentists. To ensure they can feed without being noticed and violently removed, leeches inject a sophisticated cocktail of painkillers and anticoagulants into the bite wound. You literally won't feel a thing while they drain you like a microscopic vampire.
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