The giant jumping rat is the largest rodent in Madagascar, roughly equivilant in size to a rabbit. Also like a rabbit, the giant jumping rat has long pointed ears, short fur and large rear feet ...

A little-known debate has persisted among scientists for "well over a century" — can leeches jump? New video taken on the jungle floor in Madagascar, off the south-east coast of Africa ...

The leeches "coil back" before springing upward to jump off leaves and onto the jungle floor in Madagascar. What's next? More research is needed to determine whether this is common leech behaviour.