Weird animal found in Russia

Chamillionaire · May 27, 2009

i just barfed, that's disgusting.

aghast · May 27, 2009

London'sBurning said:

I dunno about that animal but this one freaks the hell out of me. It's a parasite that replaces the fishes tongue and attaches itself in the fishes mouth.

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I was already freaked out by Giger's genital-shaped face-huggers about to impregnate Ripley, but come on.

Wikipedia:

Cymothoa exigua is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 cm long. This parasite attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper's (Lutjanus guttatus) tongue, entering the fish's mouth through its gills. It then proceeds to extract blood through the claws on its front three pairs of legs. As the parasite grows, less and less blood reaches the tongue, and eventually the organ atrophies from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish's tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. The fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue. It appears that the parasite does not cause any other damage to the host fish...
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Ugh. Now I'm convinced all my dental work is alive.

...Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host's blood and many others feed on fish mucus. They do not eat scraps of the fish's food....
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That's a total d--- move, C. exigua. Show a little class and at least remora your way through life. You've already got a prime seat in market central; show some appreciation, and just take a taste of whatever your host's having. Leave it at that. Why do you have to bleed the snapper dry?

pandaman · May 27, 2009

aghast said:

That's a total d--- move, C. exigua. Show a little class and at least remora your way through life. You've already got a prime seat in market central; show some appreciation, and just take a taste of whatever your host's having. Leave it at that. Why do you have to bleed the snapper dry?
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LOOL hahaa this thread is disgustin

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