crazy parasite

Submitted by msallen on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 13:29
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Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host's blood and many others feed on fish mucus. They do not eat scraps of the fish's food. This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua

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