Please help me make/find fake leeches

September 27, 2010 2:40 PM

I need your help in obtaining (or making) some fake leeches.

A co-worker just got back from a tropical climate, with horror stories of leeches. Naturally, it has become necessary to leave fake leeches all over his office. Any ideas for making them? Edible would be fun, but I'm open to any idea.

Oh, and I don't have to create them myself if you know of anyone who would sell rubber leeches.

posted by dogmom to Science & Nature (9 answers total)

I couldn't find anything online, but some fish and tackle stores sell fake leeches as bait. If you live near water, you might have luck finding a B&M store near you.
posted by two lights above the sea at 2:44 PM on September 27, 2010

Gummi leeches!

http://current.com/groups/art-and-style/91870153_sci-try-make-your-own-gummi-candy.htm
posted by cyndigo at 2:55 PM on September 27, 2010

Best answer: Cabelas
posted by lobstah at 2:56 PM on September 27, 2010

Lobstah has it.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 3:05 PM on September 27, 2010

if you decide to make gummi leeches, here's a plastic mold! there are also other molds on this site, which appears to be a DIY fishing lure site?
posted by sawdustbear at 5:17 PM on September 27, 2010

Best answer: Licorice, chopped to about the right length and lightly melted and reshaped.
posted by L'Estrange Fruit at 5:23 PM on September 27, 2010

This site recommends prunes.
posted by peagood at 5:51 PM on September 27, 2010

When I was fourteen or so my friend and I were in a play where we were Wacky Doctors and had to pull all sorts of outlandish implements out of a bag to demonstrate our wackiness. We talked the director into letting us include a jar of "leeches."

This included canned peach halves (with juice!), molasses (lots of molasses), and probably other things. I think pickle brine? The most important part was big label: "LEECHES"

Possibly for the break room fridge?


Be advised that this prop lasted through a weekend's worth of performances and then exploded.
posted by Neofelis at 10:09 PM on September 27, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks everyone! I saw the Cabelas site on my initial search, but for some reason thought they were real leeches in a bucket. I'm guessing that's what they sell at Mel Cottons. I think I'll get some from Mel's and see if I can rinse off the goo. I may go with the licorice idea too- I like the idea of wandering into co-worker's office after he discovers the leeches, grabbing one and popping into my mouth.
posted by dogmom at 6:23 AM on September 28, 2010