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Simply because this is literally the only 100% original submission I've seen here in a while, I gave you a 5, and a 10 review. Keep it up!
Reviews for "Cymothoa Exigua"
Fun and educational!
Mostly, people would say that education in a place like this is a bad thing, but not when it's done in a manner that is creepy. So, we have a flash about an obscure sort of parasite that lives off and AS a tongue, and I'm thinking now of the alien parasite used in Spaceballs! (Hello, my honey! Hello, my baby!) But anyway...that is not something I'd like to wake up to find in my mouth, or anyone's mouth. This flash was, therefore, pretty cool.
Unlike SpikeMan's review. Because he didn't think. And that's sad.
But anyway, this is a pretty bizarre thing. And actually...hmmm. You know, it'd be unlikely, yet possible... Think about it. An uncooked fish in a deli not up to code...suddenly...BITE! 'Course, you could remove it, but it's STILL a yikes.
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Here's what that is:
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.[1] 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.[2] This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ.
Educational and laffacational. I love it.
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i feel sorry for that guy but the bug kinda weird poor fish
GREAT JOB!
I saw a tv show episode bout this,their ugly little bastards!!!...gives me chills just thnkn bout it!Anyways Awsome work!lol,made me laugh