replacement tongues are so hot right now...
thanks to a-game for this one...
A gross creature which gobbles up a fish's tongue and then replaces it with its own body has been found in Britain for the first time.
The bug - which has the scientific name cymothoa exigua - was discovered inside the mouth of a red snapper bought from a London fishmonger.
The 3.5cm creature had grabbed onto the fish's tongue and slowly ate away at it until only a stub was left. It then latched onto the stub and became the fish's "replacement tongue".
A gross creature which gobbles up a fish's tongue and then replaces it with its own body has been found in Britain for the first time.The bug - which has the scientific name cymothoa exigua - was discovered inside the mouth of a red snapper bought from a London fishmonger.
The 3.5cm creature had grabbed onto the fish's tongue and slowly ate away at it until only a stub was left. It then latched onto the stub and became the fish's "replacement tongue".
posted by fredeeky at
12:10 PM
1 Comments:
i don't like that picture. i just about lost my lunch.
and if i was a fish i don't think i'd like the idea of a replacement tongue made out of a bug that ate my old tongue.
giving that bug/tongue attention is only going to make him feel better about himself.
-tipsy mcswagger
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