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[โ€“] jaek@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you talking about leeches?

[โ€“] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

No idea. It was just described to me, not named. Not sure if my grandmother even had an education during that era of China, she was born just a few months before the PRC was proclaimed