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Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae.
The female attaches to the tongue and the male attaches on the gill arches beneath and behind the female.
This parasite enters fish through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the fish’s tongue. It extracts blood through the claws on its front, causing the tongue to atrophy 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.
Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host’s blood and many others feed on fish mucus.
This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ.
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Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae.
The female attaches to the tongue and the male attaches on the gill arches beneath and behind the female.
This parasite enters fish through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the fish’s tongue. It extracts blood through the claws on its front, causing the tongue to atrophy 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.
Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host’s blood and many others feed on fish mucus.
This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ.
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SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK
The worm turns
There are two main types of human intestinal parasite: Single-cell protozoa like giardia and cryptosporidium that live and multiply in the human gut, and multi-celled helminths, such as roundworms, pinworms and tapeworms (above). The latter may be appalling to look at, but at least in their adult form, they cannot multiply in the human body. And they tend to stay put. Perish the thought if, say, one had worms in the brain.
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Infections from surgery
The smile on his face is infectious, literally ^_^
Cody’s great observation skills in display
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