Is there a parasite that kills the tongue of a fish and becomes its new tongue?
Yes, there is a parasite that does exactly that. It's called the tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua), a type of isopod.
This fascinating, yet gruesome, creature enters a fish thr…
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