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Welcome To
FOREST GIANT
RED LEECH Article Page
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The Giant Leech and Giant Worm in Kinabalu
Park, Borneo, Malaysia
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The Kinabalu Giant Earthworm
is one of the awe-inspiring creatures. A full 70 cm long when
stretched-out, the animal is not your average garden worm. It is
grey-bluish and lives in burrows in the soft and thick soils that build
lush forest around Paka Cave shelter, at some 3,000 m above sea level.
They only come to the surface
during heavy pour rain. Some possible reasons might be they are flushed
out of their burrows, and need to come to the surface to breathe; or the
worms appear during rain to mate. It is still unclear why. Whatever the
reason was, an encounter with a giant earthworm during the pouring rain
is unforgotten. Its skin is surprisingly beautiful, with microscopic
hairs producing a greenish iridescent gloss over the bluish-grey
background.
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Somehow, they have nothing to
be fear off. The Kinabalu Giant Red Leech will only attack and eat the
Kinabalu Giant Earthworm. Apparently, it appears to feed on the giant
grey-blue Kinabalu earth-worm and live in damp earth and leaves in crack
between the rocks.
Similarly as the Giant
Earth-Worm, the Kinabalu Giant Red Leech can be found at 2,500-3,000
meters altitude whereby the trail runs over a rocky outcrop near to the
Mempening and Paka Cave shelter, and it is only during or after a heavy
pouring rain.
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Somehow, they have nothing to
be fear off. The Kinabalu Giant Red Leech will only attack and eat the
Kinabalu Giant Earthworm. Apparently, it appears to feed on the giant
grey-blue Kinabalu earth-worm and live in damp earth and leaves in crack
between the rocks.
Similarly as the Giant
Earth-Worm, the Kinabalu Giant Red Leech can be found at 2,500-3,000
meters altitude whereby the trail runs over a rocky outcrop near to the
Mempening and Paka Cave shelter, and it is only during or after a heavy
pouring rain.
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