Tongue-eating bug found in fish - Democratic Underground

Roland99

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Fri Sep-16-05 01:41 PM
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Tongue-eating bug found in fish

Edited on Fri Sep-16-05 01:41 PM by Roland99

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4200000/newsid_4209000/4209004.stm

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".

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Lilyhoney

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Fri Sep-16-05 01:43 PM
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1. I knew I should'nt have looked. nt

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