print email comment close Leeches! URL: http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/data-and-trends/monitoring-data/stream-bugs/leeches.aspx Description: Fact sheet on the biology of leeches, which "are commonly found in lakes and ponds and many of [which] provide food for vertebrates such as fish, ducks, turtles and some other birds." Also discusses the history and current use of leeches for medicinal purposes. Includes related links. From the King County (Washington State) Department of Natural Resources. Author: O'Laughlin, Kate Publisher: King County Department of Natural Resources Extra Keywords hirudin Library of Congress Subject Headings: Leeches Medicine -- History Therapeutics LII Database Information: Record 19300 created by Jennifer English on 10/10/2005 Last modification on 05/18/2009 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 07/21/2006 Published: 10/13/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19300