Cymothoa exigua, a parasite that severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to fall off, then attaches itself to the stub and becomes the fish’s new tongue.
Preview photo credit: Ocean Syrup
Source: Tiny Fox Lab
Cymothoa exigua, a parasite that severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to fall off, then attaches itself to the stub and becomes the fish’s new tongue.
Preview photo credit: Ocean Syrup
Source: Tiny Fox Lab
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