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‘Vampire’ parasite pretends to be fish’s tongue — but only after eating it first

Grusome photos of a blood-thirsty parasite living in the mouth of a fish having devoured its host’s tongue have surfaced online. Posted to social media by a scientist this week, the X-ray scans show an isopod, also known as tongue-eating louse, nestled in the skull of a wrasse. The 4cm-long “vampire” crustacean invades its host… Read More »