Jungle Leech

Jungle Leeches are a new type of exclusive to the Downpour DLC. Their gimmick is being able to withstand staying out of water for a longer period of time before drying up. They appear to reside in overgrown regions similar to the environment of a jungle.

Description
Jungle Leeches are long, dark greenn tubular creatures, possessing a powerful suction cup like mouth to latch onto its prey. Once latched on, they use their body to weigh them down until the creature drowns.

Abilities & Behavior
When their prey is in the presence of a body of water occupied with Jungle Leeches, they will hastily react and lunge towards them, attempting to latch onto their prey. When out of water, they can last up for a very long period of time, even after darkening their color. This process can be sped up with a "pop" close by that can remove the Jungle Leech from the creature's body. If you manage to find a shelter having a Jungle Leech latched onto you with storing some additional food pips and hibernate you will find that one of your food pip has been drained by them

Strategy
Like the other leeches, using  to dodge by jumping and using its high speed underwater is a reliable and convenient way to avoid them. There are other alternatives, like using already dead creatures to distract the leeches and snails to knock them out for a short period of time.