Every part of that story contradict known leech biology, anatomy, and life history. But it's easier to BS about invertebrates like leeches and get away with it, because most people's general knowledge about invertebrates, esp. parasites, are build upon hearsay and half-truths

Here's an a real story about a nose leech dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2019/10/dino... which happens to be in the same family and similar habits to the Tyrannobdella rex which starred in that thread. Compare and contrast with what happens in that T. rex leech story going around.

<i>Dinobdella ferox</i>

When it comes to parasitology, sometimes you have to get really up close with your study organism, as one researcher in Taiwan did in trying...