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TONGUE-EATING LOUSE
Family: Cymothoidae
Habitat: Coastal California
Fun Fact: This creature enters a fish's body through its gills, attaches itself to the base of the fish's tongue and extracts blood from the tongue with its claws. Then it replaces the tongue by attaching itself to the muscles of the exposed tongue stub. The fish uses the louse as if the parasite were its very own tongue.
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135 Comments
thanks, now ill have nightmares about the toungu eating thing O.o
May 03 2013 at 10:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe NAKED MOLE RAT looked better in Kim Possible
April 26 2013 at 7:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs it weird that I find the naked mole rat pretty adorable? Haha
April 23 2013 at 7:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLOL! All of God's creatures deserve love too!!!! We're probably just as weird to them as they are to us!
April 08 2013 at 11:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen!! - That one tops them all.
March 14 2013 at 10:52 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyMy comment was meant for picture #7, the "TONGUE-EATING LOUSE". I don't see how to erase or edit our comments.
March 14 2013 at 11:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyok the dugong is a cousin of the manatee hello?!
March 07 2013 at 10:23 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThe fish with the louse is called a Sheephead and the teeth do look human
March 07 2013 at 3:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyomg its got human teeth check out the top teeth in its mouth that's a fake picture .
March 06 2013 at 10:16 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThe don't identify the fish w/ the tongue eating louse in it - but look at the top teeth of the fish. They look human! The whole thing just gets creepier and creepier!
February 28 2013 at 2:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe tongue eating louse looks very self satisfied - like it has an attitude. "Hahaha! Look what I did! i just mooch off of this fish and the fish does all the work! hahaha!" I have relatives like that... (just kidding). It does seem like something out of a horror movie and I don't think it's a "fun fact" for the fish!
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