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>From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] RE:I'm Back and Ready to Ramble
>Date: Sat, Jul 4, 1998, 5:49 AM
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>>>LEECHES reside. I really can't abide them.. they drop from overhanging
>>>vegetation onto your head or down your neck, and absolutely track you
>>from
>>>afar by your body heat! NOTHING distracts them and they are almost
>>>indestructable.. I still have a small lump of itchy protoplasm on one
>>>ankle that was induced by a leech bite over 18 years ago.
>>>Kerry
>>
>>Sounds like an extreme case... bad luck! I got a couple of leeches in
>>far north queensland rainforest, but there wasn't any trace after a
>>couple of weeks. Not pleasant, though.
>>
>
>
>I used to do a fair bit of canyoning. Leeches were common. One time I had
to
>burn one off my testicles. Ouch.
>
>Oly content. Got some great photos later on in the trip.
>
>Foxy
But Foxy, why didn't you get a shot of this, er, event? Talk about Oly
content!
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