Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod that severs the blood vessels in a fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to fall off. It then attaches itself to the remaining stub of tongue and the parasite itself effectively serves as the fish’s new “tongue”
That’s nightmare fuel
Those things are so bizarre. They latch onto the fish’s mouth, severs the vein to its tongue so the tongue falls off, and the parasite becomes the new tongue. Apparently the fish functions just fine with its parasitic tongue.
nope
Does Lemmy have a don’t put your dick in that community yet?
This is honestly shit for both of them, sure getting your tongue eaten probably isn’t great but could you imagine if your whole life was just pretending to be a tongue living inside a fish’s mouth??
Thanks, I didn’t really need to sleep tonight.