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[–]gavwando 1 point2 points ago

AKA Tonguey!

[–]Meathe 0 points1 point ago

Pretty sure eating the tongue counts as damage.

[–]aguycalledluke 6 points7 points ago

They are here.

[–]Robyz 1 point2 points ago

[–]Lotenn -2 points-1 points ago

Came here for this.

[–]snoochieboochienooch 7 points8 points ago

...live from new york it's SATURDAY NIIIIIIIIGHT!

[–]Fortytwo42 1 point2 points ago

Great, now in sober.

[–]EternalRocksBeneath 1 point2 points ago

Lookit it's little face :D It looks smiley

[–]GingerTats 1 point2 points ago

I thought it looked cute too! Like "oh hey guys :D"

[–]EternalRocksBeneath 1 point2 points ago

Yeah! What I'm imagining is its face looks all cute and smiley, and just plain happy to see us!

[–]Yog-SothServe 1 point2 points ago

The fish's teeth look disturbingly...human.

[–]sternje 1 point2 points ago

WTF is it??

[–]r4nge 6 points7 points ago

It's a parasite that attaches to, eats, then takes over the function of the tongue.

[–]yankees8198 0 points1 point ago

im never sleeping again...ever

[–]1037378 0 points1 point ago

Excellent

[–]Eszharen 0 points1 point ago

Wasn't this already frontpage this week?

[–]herp-a-derp-a-gerp 0 points1 point ago

I remember bringing home some fish I had caught and there were things that look like this in their mouths. It was a weird discovery.

[–]kobello 0 points1 point ago

already seen this posted a few times but this one looks pretty big... i've been fishing my entire life and have never caught a fish with one of these. rather than use my brain to research the internet for regions of the world where these parasites thrive, can someone tell me? lol

[–]notQuiteBritish 0 points1 point ago

Cymothoa exigua is a tiny crustacean that sneaks up on a fish (specifically, a red snapper) and works its way in through the gills... The parasite uses its claws to dig into the tongue and drink the fish's blood... As cymothoa exigua grows, less and less blood is able to get into the fish's tongue which causes the tongue to slowly atrophy and ultimately fall off... With the tongue dead and gone, the parasite settles in and replaces the lost tongue with its own body.

Read about this parasite on a Cracked article once. source

[–]hodgepodgejunk 0 points1 point ago

Awww, I should be grossed out but that parasite is adorable!