Topic: Parasite eats and replaces tongue.
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Wed 05/26/10 06:26 PM
Edited by massagetrade on Wed 05/26/10 06:27 PM
Is this real?

I mean, I've read about this kind of parasite before, so I believe this happens...but is this particular photo real? Or realistic?



http://jackshoe.blogspot.com/2007/07/cymothoa-exigua-alien.html


Emily1990's photo
Wed 05/26/10 06:41 PM
i want to say fake i research animals especial insects, crustations, etc for inspiration all the time and just for how fascinating they are, but this has totaly avoided me. if its real im about to go on a research spree, il let ya know what is found, i hope its real cause thats cool ^^

Emily1990's photo
Wed 05/26/10 06:43 PM
Edited by Emily1990 on Wed 05/26/10 06:58 PM
o wow it is real alot of credible places have it there, im amazed at this lil animal now! learned something new today.

this was neat- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pploDkZ07BI&feature=related

Winx's photo
Wed 05/26/10 06:58 PM
Whoa.shocked

s1owhand's photo
Wed 05/26/10 07:40 PM
Edited by s1owhand on Wed 05/26/10 07:42 PM
looks like there is such a parasite but in this photo i think the human teeth are fake! hahahaha...

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

Winx's photo
Wed 05/26/10 08:04 PM


That's incredible.

Winx's photo
Wed 05/26/10 08:05 PM

looks like there is such a parasite but in this photo i think the human teeth are fake! hahahaha...

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


Yeah, I was noticing those teeth.laugh

s1owhand's photo
Wed 05/26/10 08:15 PM
yeah the photo looks like it has been ummm "altered" a little
but there is another interesting video in the wiki article references...

metalwing's photo
Fri 05/28/10 11:25 AM
I think it is one of the early special effects models for the movie "Alien".

redonkulous's photo
Wed 06/02/10 03:55 PM
yea I remember reading about these nasty little critters. Talk about reality being creepier than fiction . . . Ugh.

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Wed 06/02/10 07:37 PM
Thank you, everyone, for your comments. I didn't even notice the teeth this guy had (the wrong kind for his species).