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exploring the oft-reviled critters that bite, pierce, scrape and saw their way through flesh to access their favorite food source: blood. the exhibition, called "bloodsuckers," includes displays of other live animals—mosquitoes, ticks and leeches—interspersed throughout the gallery. and dozens of preserved
specimens, arrayed down a long, curving wall, offer a glimpse into the diverse world of the roughly species of bloodthirsty organisms across the globe. among these critters are vampire moths, which can pierce the thick skins of buffalo and elephants . vampire snails target sick and dying fish, making...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-world-needs-bloodsucking-creatures-180973670/