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Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod that severs the blood vessels in a fish's tongue, causing the tongue to fall off. It then attaches itself to the remaining stub of tongue and the parasite itself effectively serves as the fish's new "tongue"

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I mean, if the fish didn't survive, the parasite wouldn't get easy meals for life, haha.