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Man Fined for Smuggling Almost 5K Leeches

Punishment for Man Who Had
5K Leeches in Carry-On Bag

May 29, 2019 12:33 AM CDT

Punishment for Man Who Had 5K Leeches in Carry-On Bag

Ippolit Bodounov was first large-scale leech-smuggler ever busted by Canadian authorities

(Newser) - A Canadian man has been fined the equivalent of $11,102 for wildlife smuggling, which works out to around $2.30 for each of the 4,788 leeches he brought in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Toronto last year. Ippolit Bodounov, the first large-scale leech-smuggler ever...

Seizure of 5K Leeches Leaves Canada With Weird Problem

Man Stopped at Airport With
5K Leeches Had Weird Claim

Man Stopped at Airport With 5K Leeches Had Weird Claim

He allegedly said his orchids needed them

(Newser) - The beagle sat down next to the Canadian man at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Oct. 17, 2018, and the jig was up. Clued in by the dog, officials searched the man's bags and found containers holding 5,000 leeches. National Geographic has the story, which it says hasn'...

Woman Examines 'Dried Blood' in Nose, Finds Leech

Oct 13, 2014 10:00 AM CDT

Woman Examines 'Dried Blood' in Nose, Finds Leech

Daniela Liverani apparently picked it up in Vietnam

(Newser) - After a Scottish woman suffered a motorcycle accident during a backpacking trip to Vietnam, she figured the dark thing sticking out of her nose was just dried blood. Instead, it was something even less appealing: a three-inch leech that had been in her nostril for a month, the Daily Mail...

This Leech Wants to
Live in Your Nose

This Leech Wants to Live in Your Nose

Large-toothed leech infests Amazon—and, of course, noses

(Newser) - If the piranhas aren't enough to deter you from swimming in the Amazon region, this thing probably will be. A new species of leech has been discovered in Peru—and it's especially fond of dwelling inside the human nose, the BBC reports. The creature, discovered after a doctor pulled one...