Chris,

Here in America (unless I am mistaken) we don't have a clue about leeches.

I remember as a high school student on a field trip in an Australian rainforest (it was amazing!) how the little buggers lived under the leaves of green plants. They would attach themselves to your shoes or whatever they latched on to.

(All you had to do was pull them off. They weren't the big kind like in the movies shot on location in Africa! )