I think i am going to have nightmares

well the title says it all......
warning this freaked me out

http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/stompies/2009/09/14/what-the-f-is-that-bloody-revolting-is-what-it-is/

 

check it's upper jaw.

 

Ag no man Reafer ... you need some links to DIY tanks or something?

 

hahaha i shouldnt be the only one with nightmares

 

Freaky... its like a Xenomorph had a child with Cartman from southpark and that child had a child with one of those orcs from lord of the rings and then an insect and those children had a child and it was this thing... nasty

Okay, stop the bus i just scared myself... my bad... i need a beer

 

I'd like to know how something like that evolved...

Wikipedia says: "Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) long. This parasite enters through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper's (Lutjanus guttatus) 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. It appears that the parasite does not cause any other damage to the host fish [1]. 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 [1]. It is currently believed that C. exigua are not harmful to humans unless picked up alive, in which case they can bite [2].
There are many species of Cymothoa [3], but only C. exigua is known to consume and replace its host's tongue."

Pretty cool actually

 

AVP!
Their comming!
:amazed:

 

Lol, they're not that bad. Nor that rare! I've dissected many fish that have had these during marine bio field trip to langebaan lagoon. very interesting creature indeed!

 

LOL I was thinking the exact same thing

 

NICE! Fish and crayfish in one serving, now that's the life. *vomit*

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

http://www.fishingfury.com/20060625/tongue-eating-fish-parasite-photos/