July 24, 2008   27 notes
Hi, I’m Cymothoa Exigua. I go into the mouths of fish, and feed off the blood of its tongue.  Eventually, it atrophies and falls off, and that’s where I step in!  Once the tongue is gone, I root myself into the muscle structure, and act as the fish’s tongue for the rest of our life. Fear me.

Hi, I’m Cymothoa Exigua.

I go into the mouths of fish, and feed off the blood of its tongue.  Eventually, it atrophies and falls off, and that’s where I step in!  Once the tongue is gone, I root myself into the muscle structure, and act as the fish’s tongue for the rest of our life.

Fear me.

  1. kevinmook reblogged this from aaronwhite and added:
    All I can say is I’m glad I’m not a fish.
  2. shadowfirebird reblogged this from brocatus and added:
    ‘Hi, I’m Cymothoa Exigua. I go into the mouths of fish, and feed off the blood of its tongue. Eventually, it atrophies...
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  6. brocatus reblogged this from aaronwhite and added:
    Nature is terrifying.
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  9. bjornstar reblogged this from aaronwhite and added:
    That’s really impressive,...wonder if there’s any advantage
  10. aaronwhite reblogged this from morningstar and added:
    geezush: duplo: lifeofbk: Hi, I’m Cymothoa Exigua. I go into the mouths of fish, and feed off the blood of its tongue....
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  12. theandrewbrown reblogged this from duplo and added:
    Wow… nature can be very disturbing.
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    am watching Alien right now. The baby alien popped out...John Hurt’s gut not 5 minutes...
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    This little fellow makes...peanut sized spiders scampering about my house look harmless...
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    Kinda reminds me...Ebay — anyone?
  22. soxiam reblogged this from duplo and added:
    CUTE OVERLOAD!!!
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  24. geezush reblogged this from duplo and added:
    Hi, I’m Cymothoa Exigua. I go into the mouths of fish, and feed off the blood of its tongue. Eventually, it atrophies...
  25. duplo reblogged this from lifeofbk and added:
    Why does that fish have people teeth?
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