9/28/2005: Tongue-eating parasite

Undertoad · 09-28-2005, 11:36 AM

Shame on the BBC for its painfully small images.

Anyway, Mother Nature is a BITCH. One of the things she really goes gross on is parasites. I hate parasites but this one must be the worst.

This bug sucks the blood out of the tongue of a particular fish, until the tongue withers and dies and the bug actually replaces it. The bug attaches itself to the remaining stub and just sits there and gets a portion of everything the fish consumes.

Ew, foul!

BigV · 09-28-2005, 12:20 PM

Works just like credit cards.

Ew, foul! Quotha!

(who says UG is good for nothing?)

Elspode · 09-28-2005, 12:28 PM

Reminds me of teenagers...

wolf · 09-28-2005, 12:35 PM

So wait, did the host-fish eat at Taco Bell?

barefoot serpent · 09-28-2005, 02:45 PM

Fish need the IRS too.

gerstle · 09-28-2005, 04:07 PM

sometimes i think my tongue might be controlled by someone (something?) else, but let's not talk about that.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-28-2005, 04:22 PM

capnhowdy · 09-28-2005, 05:02 PM

If it would render one speechless I'd plant on in my girlfriend's mouth tonight. Maybe it could skim enough food to create a reduction in weight, also.

Happy Monkey · 09-28-2005, 05:11 PM

Thrakorzog....

(I can never find the appropriate picture...)

Cyclefrance · 09-28-2005, 05:59 PM

Wonder if these fish French kiss - if so, do the two parasites also get into some tonsil-tickling too? Maybe the tongue parasites have tongue parasites of their own in their mouths as well, who have parasites inside their's and so on and so on.....

Oh, well, just a thought....

xoxoxoBruce · 09-28-2005, 07:11 PM

Uh....lay off that French wine for a bit.

richlevy · 09-28-2005, 07:36 PM

Well, if that sucker ever tried that with me, I've got 10 bottles of hot sauce and 5 cans of chili waiting for him. After that, I'd dangle an antacid just out of reach and see if he jumps.

footfootfoot · 09-28-2005, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Works just like credit cards.

hahahahaha

I love it.

hahahahahaha

Kittiew0k · 09-28-2005, 10:37 PM

Awwww dude! I had a mouthful of spaghetti as I opened this page!

Haha I should really read the thread titles thoroughly :p

Sun_Sparkz · 09-28-2005, 11:04 PM

that poor fish looks like more than just its tounge has decayed.. the entire side of his face looks to be rotting away..

or its just a really ugly fish.

I wonder if its painful or just like a mossie bite with natural anesthetics?

09-28-2005, 11:36 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/28/2005: Tongue-eating parasite Shame on the BBC for its painfully small images. Anyway, Mother Nature is a BITCH. One of the things she really goes gross on is parasites. I hate parasites but this one must be the worst. This bug sucks the blood out of the tongue of a particular fish, until the tongue withers and dies and the bug actually replaces it. The bug attaches itself to the remaining stub and just sits there and gets a portion of everything the fish consumes. Ew, foul!

09-28-2005, 12:20 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Works just like credit cards. Ew, foul! Quotha! (who says UG is good for nothing?) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-28-2005, 12:28 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Reminds me of teenagers... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-28-2005, 12:35 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	So wait, did the host-fish eat at Taco Bell? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-28-2005, 04:22 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-28-2005, 02:45 PM	#5
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Fish need the IRS too.

09-28-2005, 04:07 PM	#6
gerstle some guy. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 21	sometimes i think my tongue might be controlled by someone (something?) else, but let's not talk about that.

09-28-2005, 05:02 PM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	If it would render one speechless I'd plant on in my girlfriend's mouth tonight. Maybe it could skim enough food to create a reduction in weight, also. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-28-2005, 05:11 PM	#9
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09-28-2005, 05:59 PM	#10
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Wonder if these fish French kiss - if so, do the two parasites also get into some tonsil-tickling too? Maybe the tongue parasites have tongue parasites of their own in their mouths as well, who have parasites inside their's and so on and so on..... Oh, well, just a thought.... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

09-28-2005, 07:11 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Uh....lay off that French wine for a bit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-28-2005, 07:36 PM	#12
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Well, if that sucker ever tried that with me, I've got 10 bottles of hot sauce and 5 cans of chili waiting for him. After that, I'd dangle an antacid just out of reach and see if he jumps. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

09-28-2005, 10:37 PM	#14
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09-28-2005, 11:04 PM	#15
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	that poor fish looks like more than just its tounge has decayed.. the entire side of his face looks to be rotting away.. or its just a really ugly fish. I wonder if its painful or just like a mossie bite with natural anesthetics? __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

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