Bizarre Tongue-Eating Parasite Discovered Off the Jersey CoastThe sea-dwelling parasite attacks fish, burrows into it, and then devours its tongue. After eating the tongue, the parasite proceeds to live inside the fish's mouth. There's a horror film waiting to be made about this thing. Surprisingly, the fish doesn't seem to suffer any severe impediment--just the loss of its tongue--and seems to have no trouble surviving with its new, far uglier tongue.
Scared the heck out of me when I first read this - after having spent a week in the waters of New Jersey. A sigh of relief when I read:
The Jersey Shore is still tongue replacing creature-free, if you stateside Northeasterners were worried about the thing ruining your late summer vacationing.
Oh, that Jersey. Bad for them, a relief for me.
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