LOOK OUT FOR THESE NASTY LITTLE BUGS !
Tongue Louse
http://pfitzblog.royaltylinks.com/archives/2005/09/21/tongue-louse/
Theres apparently a parasite that eats (and eventually replaces) fish tongues! The Discovery Channel News site posted the story a few days ago. This parasite, called Cymothoa exigua, snacks on the fishs tongue until it eats it down to just a stub. But by then, the thing is big enough to replace the fishs tongue, which it does. The fish manages to keep living, since the tongue louse functions sort of like a tongue, but that parasite also gets the pickings of food particles that the fish lunches on.
Id never heard of anything like this before, but apparently its been a known if limited phenomenon off the coast of California. The worrisome thing about this story is that this particular fish was found in England! Which means this parasite is pretty much all over the world now! Blech! If ever a fish wished it had HANDS, I bet the time would be when it felt something nibbling on its tongue!
Tongue Louse
http://pfitzblog.royaltylinks.com/archives/2005/09/21/tongue-louse/
Theres apparently a parasite that eats (and eventually replaces) fish tongues! The Discovery Channel News site posted the story a few days ago. This parasite, called Cymothoa exigua, snacks on the fishs tongue until it eats it down to just a stub. But by then, the thing is big enough to replace the fishs tongue, which it does. The fish manages to keep living, since the tongue louse functions sort of like a tongue, but that parasite also gets the pickings of food particles that the fish lunches on.
Id never heard of anything like this before, but apparently its been a known if limited phenomenon off the coast of California. The worrisome thing about this story is that this particular fish was found in England! Which means this parasite is pretty much all over the world now! Blech! If ever a fish wished it had HANDS, I bet the time would be when it felt something nibbling on its tongue!
it does!!!
