Turtle with a leech latched onto its…brain? 
Some people say the Senator from Oligarchy, Mitch McConnell, whose career is based on an infusion of foreign cash, looks like a turtle. I wouldn’t want to insult a turtle with that comparison. But the miserable old cynic sure acts like a leech on democracy… so there’s that.
Make Your Own Metaphors
Published March 11, 2018 Fieldnotes 4 CommentsTags: Green-Wood, reptiles, turtles
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Are leeches common around here (I’m not talking about D.C.)? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.
I don’t know. The only place I’ve seen them is in Valley Water. https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/87943.html
Do you know the fate of this turtle? Is the leech taking a ride or harming the turtle’s brain? I hope that the McConnell metaphor, richly deserved, won’t apply to the actual turtle!
I don’t know. The pallidness of the turtle was most unusual.