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Portrait Of A Parasite: The Tongue Eating Isopod

From the BBC via Pharyngula comes this ugly monstrous little parasitic bastard who eats his host fish’s tongue and replaces it with itself:

tongue eating isopod

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  1. Silverfish says:

    An opportunistic little critter. Nature often surpasses even our most twisted imagination.

  2. VorJack says:

    Never ever, ever pick up Carl Zimmer’s book “Parasite Rex.” And if you do, for the love of FSM don’t flip to the middle and look at the plates. It’ll make you want to dip yourself in bleach and move into a clean-room.

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