The Tongue-Eating Parasite
The parasitic isopod Cymothoa exigua crawls into the mouth of a fish and sucks the blood from its tongue. The tongue eventually falls out and the parasite then acts as a replacement.
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The parasitic isopod Cymothoa exigua crawls into the mouth of a fish and sucks the blood from its tongue. The tongue eventually falls out and the parasite then acts as a replacement.