most freaky fish parasite ever...

[ripper171]

Hey, was looking on google to find a good pick of a parasite i had in my tank while ago and stumbled on this photo.... It peaked my interest and i started researching it..... wow.... read the link below on how this parasite survives.... it's amazing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua

lemme know what you think.
I found it to be rather remarkable, yet... very gross!
stef

 

[packer43064]

Looks like a tick...nasty.

 

[studd muffin]

woah

 

[flowerpower]

WTF?

 

[raymondk]

wow looks like a huge rolly polly

 

[aquaculture]

sweet, it kills the fish's old tongue and becomes the fish's new tongue just to suck blood.

 

[esparonisproud]

there was a thread about this some time back

 

[assortedsorts]

so gross it reminded me of something from alien right away

 

[pelleeklund]

It's ****ing disgusting. And kind of amazing. No, disgusting. Hopefully something like this never evolves to take human hosts. It would be metal, but hard to deal with.

 

[assortedsorts]

It's ****ing disgusting. And kind of amazing. No, disgusting. Hopefully something like this never evolves to take human hosts. It would be metal, but hard to deal with.

If I ever saw this on someone I think I would puke haha