I am now at the airport in Los Angeles and just one more flight to get home. I have been going for 52 hours at this point without a bed to sleep in. A little sleep on the planes and a little on the floor in the airports. With no delays I will be home in just over 12 hours from now.
And since I have no pics from LA to post, I will cover a short topic that some don't much like when working in Borneo. Terrestrial leeches. These things live on the leaves in the brush along the trails and attach to you as you pass by. They are very fast and active, and move like an inchworm. They are also very pretty.
And since I have no pics from LA to post, I will cover a short topic that some don't much like when working in Borneo. Terrestrial leeches. These things live on the leaves in the brush along the trails and attach to you as you pass by. They are very fast and active, and move like an inchworm. They are also very pretty.
A tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) on a leaf at Gomantong. One end is suctioned to the leaf while the other end is waving around for something to grab onto for a blood meal
And here is one at work on my left arm. The blood is sucked in from the small mouth on the right, and you can see the body starting to swell up on the left as they drink blood very quickly. Warren helped take this photo as it is remarkably hard to photograph one's own elbow
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