quick question - does anyone know what family leeches belong to

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DD needs to find out for homework about various creatures including herbivore/carnivore - can't work out what a leech is though - can anyone help?

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They're invertebrates is this what you mean?

They're carnivore.

Sorry didn't read all of the question yep carnivore.

Nearest encyclopedia I could grab just says adquatic worm, most are bloodsuckers. This could be a trick question ? I don't think it's either, frankly ? but if not, I'd go for carnivore as it feeds from other animals, not plants.

I think they do eat other animals as well worms etc.

LOL sobernow, now this is the sort of stuff MN should really be about

The Simpsons...

.... sorry, couldn't resist, wasn't clever I know.

They are related to worms in a way. The family they belong to are Annelids. Different from the earthworm coz the have a mouth at both ends!

LOL at sobernow!

It's a parasite if you want to be really clever!

lol sobernow. and here here.

thank you very much

I didn't think carnivore was a family as such ..more of an eating pattern

I would've thought that a leech was a parasite

I haven't read any of the other replies so sorry if I repeated others (or even if I'm completely wrong)

Don't be unpleasent Sobernow. You are being quite unfair to a group that performs a vital function and can't answer back.

Leeches are excellent at getting rid of haematomas.......thus they have a use.......

lol Sobernow! Didn't see that further down.

Parasites
Carnivores
Mouths at both ends...

Yup, I'm agreeing with you completely....