Oh wow, the first one sounds mean. Never heard of an isopod parasite (but I’d now guess there are many more aquatic ones?). And inducing necrosis of the tongue to be the new fish’s organ, ouch :O
And what a wild ride the second story is! Thanks for sharing :)
emergence of three other species, which sprang out of the butterfly like Russian dolls.
That was a good read thanks mate. Now all I can think of is a chest buster coming out of a chest buster and then another chest buster comes out of that one and cant stop laughing at the absurdity of knowing Xzibit did this.
Fish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua
Butterfly https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/butterflies-parasitic-wasps-finland
Oh wow, the first one sounds mean. Never heard of an isopod parasite (but I’d now guess there are many more aquatic ones?). And inducing necrosis of the tongue to be the new fish’s organ, ouch :O
And what a wild ride the second story is! Thanks for sharing :)
That was a good read thanks mate. Now all I can think of is a chest buster coming out of a chest buster and then another chest buster comes out of that one and cant stop laughing at the absurdity of knowing Xzibit did this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratothoa_oestroides
Geographically given where I am, it’s probably this one