The leech has the teeth in the human nose

The newly discovered leech Tyrannobdella rex is a true 'monster'. They have 8 teeth that attach to the mucous membranes of humans and animals, staying in them to suck blood for a few weeks.

Tyrannobdella rex translates from the Latin meaning 'princess'. Three years ago, Dr. Renzo Arauco Brown, working at a small hospital in Tchanchamayo Province (Peru), discovered this leech.

New species of "leeches" has been discovered.

A girl came to him for examination because of a " severe headache in the forehead ", but he did not see any other symptoms of headaches. Exactly, he saw a strange creature in the nose - a leech not like a common species. He sent the strange leech to Dr. Mark E. Siddall - in charge of the invertebrate department, the American Museum of Nature in New York.

Receiving the specimen, Dr. Siddall immediately understood that it was a new species - a leech looked very unusual.

According to the researcher, Tyrannobdella rex 's card is a strange jaw, which grows eight teeth. Anna Phillips, a researcher at New York University, said: 'The height of each tooth is 0.13 mm. I wonder if any leeches have such big jaws and teeth. The length of the leech is 5 cm, the width is 1 cm. On its body are dark brown and yellow lines. It is only known that its "homeland" is the upper Amazon River .

The most annoying thing about the leech Tyrannobdella rex is to cause mucous injury. Unlike most leeches, only cling to a place to suck human and animal blood for a few hours until it is full, then release the Tyrannobdella rex leeches in the mucous membrane for a few days, even in a few weeks.

The person with leeches in his nose feels that his teeth are deep and painful, making it difficult to breathe. If it causes cavum pharyngonasale , it will lead to nasal hemorrhage, severe cough, bloody spitting. In severe cases, severe anemia in different forms. The study authors said: Cases of blood leeches usually occur in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. In South America it is rarer.

Mrs. Phillips said that this leech and other species in the world have a common ancestor. Explaining the variation and place of residence, she said that they used to live in the same continent and 150 to 200 million years ago when the continents were divided and divided into continents, they just turned heterozygous into different species in different continents.