Northcountrypublicradio.org

The tongue-eating louse does exactly what its name suggests

It's the stuff of nightmares, or science fiction: a parasite that wants to get inside an animal's mouth, where it attacks — and replaces — the... It's the stuff of nightmares, or science fiction: a ...
Energy-Daily

A tiny crustacean called Cymothoa exigua enters a fish through the gills, severs the tongue, and then attaches itself in the tongue's place, functioning as a working ...

Cymothoa exigua, a small marine crustacean, enters fish through the gills, severs the tongue, and attaches to the stump — ...
Yahoo

'Tongue-eating parasite' discovered in box of imported fish in Suffolk

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The parasite known as the 'tongue-eating louse’ was discovered in an import of fish in Suffolk. (Suffolk Coastal Port Health ...
Newsweek

Infestation of Tongue-Eating Parasites Discovered in Fish Shipment

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Parasites that eat fish tongues and take their place in the mouth have ...
CBC.ca

Behold the parasite that eats — and then becomes — a fish's tongue

Kory Evans was digitizing scans of fish skeletons one morning like he always does when he came across a wrasse with what appeared to be a big, ugly bug in its mouth. Evans is an evolutionary biologist ...