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Question
Leeches do not have an elaborate secretion of digestive juices and enzymes - Why?
Short Note
Solution
The blood sucked by the leech is stored up in the crop. The blood gets haemolysed in the crop. Then the blood is passed drop by drop into the stomach where it is digested slowly by the peptolytic enzyme. The digested blood is absorbed slowly by the intestine.
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The Indian Cattle Leech (Hirudinaria Granulosa) - Digestive System of Leech
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Chapter 13: Structural Organisation of Animals - Evaluation [Page 199]
