Yeah. But what does one do for leaf leeches that drop down from the
leaves above attaching them little selves to your exposed neck,
shoulders, arms, etc?
Bernie
>Off topic, but, FWIW to tropical travelers, pantyhose can be used to
>lessen blood
>contributions to leeches and ease removing them. Getting leeches out
>of your eyes requires
>caution and patience. A picture by Mark Moffett of NGS shows senior
>staff of UC Berkeley's
>Museum of Vertebrate Zoology donning 'armor' before field work in a
>Vietnamese National
>Park:
>http://www.mindenpictures.com/bin/mp.dll/go?a=3Ddisp&pt=3D1&t=3Dus\sr-load=
er-
>start.html&si=3D&searchtext=3D00116073
>
>Similar, denser mesh insect tights are warmer, but work for ticks
>and chiggers.
>
>Bill R.
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>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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