There are around 380 species of tongue-eating isopods in existence. The isopod enters a fish's body through the gills, grabs onto the fish tongue with its legs , and feeds on it until the tongue ...

This species of isopod is known as the tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua), an apt description.When young, a male isopod will attach itself to the hapless fish’s gills.

“I found a tongue-eating isopod in one of our wrasse scans this morning while digitizing it,” Rice University fish scientist Dr. Kory Evans said.

Starved, the tongue dies and falls off, and the louse, still inside the fish’s mouth, replaces it entirely, stealing nutrients by taking pieces of whatever the fish is eating and taking some of ...

It was a parasitic isopod known as a tongue-eating louse. The tongue-eating louse enters a fish's mouth through its gills, latches onto its tongue, and severs the blood vessels.

Meet the tongue-eating isopod, Cymothoa exigua. This marine parasite feasts on a fish's tongue and then becomes its tongue. You'll never eat seafood again. National Corporate funding for NOVA is ...

A rare, sea-dwelling parasite that eats a fish's tongue and then takes the tongue's place in the fish was discovered off the coast of Jersey in Europe, the BBC reported. The isopod is about 1-inch ...

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 tongue. Search Query Show Search News ...

Park officials said this parasite detaches the fish’s tongue, attaches itself to the fish’s mouth, and becomes its tongue.

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 tongue. The tongue-eating louse does exactly what ...