Jungle Leech

Jungle Leeches are a new type of exclusive to the Downpour DLC. They are able to withstand staying out of water for a longer period of time before drying up, and are able to drain food from their host. They generally reside in wet and overgrown regions similar to the environment of a jungle.

Appearance
Jungle Leeches are small, dark green, tubular creatures. They are visually similar to es, only differing in color.

Abilities & Behavior
When their prey is nearby, often swimming in or standing near an occupied body of water, Jungle Leeches will lunge towards them, attempting to latch on to the creature. When out of water, they can remain attached for a very long period of time, even after their color darkens. The shockwave produces by a is capable of knocking off an attached Jungle Leech, and they can also be removed by standing in. If hibernates with a Jungle Leech latched onto them and has food pips to spare, one stored food pip will be drained at the beginning of next cycle. Additionally, if a Jungle Leech is attached to Slugcat for long enough, it will passively drain a food pip. This may happen multiple times with the same Jungle Leech if it is attached for a significant amount of time.

Strategy
Like other leeches, using the leech immunity of a held is a reliable and convenient way to avoid them. However, there are additional alternatives, like using already dead creatures to distract the leeches and snails to stun them for a short period of time.