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Fish found with parasite that eats its tongue and later becomes its tongue
short by Ankush Verma / on Saturday, 23 October, 2021
A state park in US' Texas has shared a picture of a fish whose tongue was eaten by a parasite, and the parasite later replaced the organ. "This parasite detaches the fish's tongue, attaches itself to the fish's mouth, and becomes its tongue. The parasite then feeds on the fish's mucus," the Galveston Island State Park wrote.
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