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Warning! Do not be fooled by the cartoon fish.It is not for the squeamish.
Thanks to Meg of The Thinking Atheist for the scare…
This is Meg with a video for you to share the next time one of your friends starts in about how a god must have made the world because look at the pretty trees and blue sky and rainbows and baby animals and whatnot.
This is the Cymothoa exigua, otherwise known as the tongue-eating louse.
If you’re squeamish, you might want to skip this. When they call it “Gross Science”, they’re not kidding.
- Meg
She warned me. I thought I could take it because it is a cartoon, but then they showed an actual picture of the louse in a fish. I actually jumped in my chair.
So Aron and young MiniRa came home, and I showed it to them expecting a reaction. I covered my eyes when it got to the picture. They didn’t bat an eye. Aron was like…
“What? Isopods are cute. Roly Polies are the only land-based crustaceans. “
I replied that that is what made it so gross because it was cute. In the picture it looks as if to say, “Oh, hi there! Welcome to my home.”
Then MiniRa added…
“I have mucus. Would you like some mucus?”
This delightfully cute, little creature lives on mucus and fish blood. Yuck!
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Lord Narf
February 27, 2013 at 11:13 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Not only does something that fugly hang out in your mouth, but it mates there. Nice.
lilandra
February 27, 2013 at 11:19 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I can’t bring myself to go back, and look at the picture again to confirm whether it is cute or ugly.
Lord Narf
February 27, 2013 at 11:22 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Awwwwwwww, but it’s so cute! You should really go look again. ^.^
lilandra
February 27, 2013 at 11:23 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
No! It’s repellent!
Lord Narf
February 27, 2013 at 11:25 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Heh, yeah, not sure I’m up for a repeat, myself. I think my girlfriend would like it, though. >:D
Lord Narf
February 28, 2013 at 12:13 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I should go update my OKCupid profile, shouldn’t I?
Meg Shenitch
February 27, 2013 at 11:53 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Well, after reading that, I decided to run an image search on Google, because maybe some of them are cute. I didn’t know.
I found this, which I’m not sure is something with which I would ever want to cuddle either… lol.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R8GHw8I4wiQ/R-1rFvjRn3I/AAAAAAAAAe8/JLiay2ecRk8/s320/isopod.jpg
lilandra
February 28, 2013 at 12:08 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Nope. That was not cute. But for some reason it isn’t as repellent as the Fish Tongue Eating Louse.
Lord Narf
February 28, 2013 at 12:12 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yeah, that one actually looks kind of cool. I sure don’t want to touch it, but it’s not nearly as creepy. Looks a little like Wolverine.
lilandra
February 28, 2013 at 12:20 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
How does it taste though?
Lord Narf
February 28, 2013 at 12:59 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Tastes like tongue.
stubby
February 28, 2013 at 12:46 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
As if eating the tongue wasn’t bad enough, they have to pork in the fish’s mouth. Seems like they’re just rubbing it in…so to speak.
Lord Narf
February 28, 2013 at 12:59 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Or rubbing one out. Either or.