And speaking of tongue biters!
Many articles talk about the tongue-replacing isopod, Cymothoa exigua, as though it’s a completely unique creature, but there are in fact many more species of these parasites invading a wide variety of fish. Here’s an extremely tiny specimen in the mouth of a clownfish!
Photographed by Matthew Oldfield!
This is all that was really missing from Finding Nemo.
(Source: theepochtimes.com)
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And another potential inspiration for “The Strain Trilogy.”
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My first thought was “Aww, lookit the cute little thing!”
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It could’ve been a wacky little sidekick!
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I know I describe way too many horrifying-to-other-people things as “cute” on here… …but come on, that is cute.
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