Parasites that eat fish tongues and take their place in the mouth have been found in a batch of seabream arriving at a port in the U.K. The parasites, Cymothoa exigua, were first spotted in the ...
A British mom opened up a can of parasites when she tried to make tuna for dinner. Zoe Butler found a tiny parasite inside a can of tuna — and scientists said it is likely a tongue-eating variety. The ...
A biologist made an unexpected discovery while researching fish heads—a bizarre parasitic crustacean that replaces the tongue of its host. Kory Evans from Rice University in Houston spotted the ...
@NottinghamPost can you tell me what this is? Nearly fed this to my children!! From Princes tuna chunks can pic.twitter.com/IHNw1PdFnO — Zoe Butler ...
GALVESTON, Texas - Just in time for Halloween, Texas Parks and Wildlife spotted a really spooky-looking parasite inside a fish's mouth. It is truly the stuff of nightmares. "Inside this Atlantic ...
Wildlife officials in Texas found a fish with its tongue cut off and replaced by a crustacean parasite—all part of the circle of life. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes Wildlife officials in Texas ...
Meet the tongue-eating isopod, Cymothoa exigua. This marine parasite feasts on a fish's tongue and then becomes its tongue. You'll never eat seafood again. National Corporate funding for NOVA is ...
One of the staples of writing nerdy stuff online is shining a light on the occasional horrifying real life animal. One of the most horrifying of horrifying real life animals is cymothoa exigua, an ...
The Earth hosts a number of (rather terrifying) parasites. There is Cymothoa exigua, a sex-changing, tongue eating parasite. Then there is the Ophiocordyceps fungus, which creates “zombie” ants. And a ...
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