Leech Production

Do you know leech ? It is :-

1. An aquatic or terrestrial annelid (class Hirudinea) with suckers at both ends. Many species are bloodsucking parasites, esp. of vertebra...
2. The after or leeward edge of a fore-and-aft sail, the leeward edge of a spinnaker, or a vertical edge of a square sail.

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Some people grin hearing about leeches being applied in medicine but they should not. Ever heard about  production for cosmetics? By using leech saliva and leech extract can be used as the one of the cosmetic component. Below are the International Medical Leech Center situated in the Moscow Region. It was founded in 1937.

Now it successfully grows medical leeches in artificial conditions to produce cosmetics.This Russian facility produces 3 500 000 leeches per year.Those are later used for a cosmetics production .