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Ewww!! That's gross and creepy!!
 

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What is that???

Well not all isopods are the happy little creatures we have in our tanks. I'm pretty sure this video is of a Cymothoa exigua....a parasite isopod that attaches to a fish mouth.....pretty gross!
 

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Thing is nuts. I've seen pics and I always check the mouths of my fish when I can anymore lol
 

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Wrasses, Angels, & Tangs, Oh My!
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The isopod attaches to the base of the fishes tongue and causes it to atrophy. The bizarre part is that the fish is able to use the isopod like a normal tongue to eat...
 
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I just didnt realize that they could get so big
 

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A member of one of my local forums has had the displeasure of encountering a tongue eating isopod on a wrasse in QT (see pics below).







You have to admit, that one in the second pic is kinda cute. ;)
 

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The search for ET, just needs to go deep, not out...lol
[video]https://youtu.be/oeSInrF_bo0[/video]
 

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