Parasites that eat fish tongues and take their place in the mouth have been found in a batch of seabream arriving at a port in the U.K. The parasites, Cymothoa exigua, were first spotted in the ...

A British mom opened up a can of parasites when she tried to make tuna for dinner. Zoe Butler found a tiny parasite inside a can of tuna — and scientists said it is likely a tongue-eating variety. The ...

@NottinghamPost can you tell me what this is? Nearly fed this to my children!! From Princes tuna chunks can pic.twitter.com/IHNw1PdFnO — Zoe Butler ...

A parasite known as ‘the tongue-eating louse’ has been discovered among an import of fish. Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic isopod, is typically found south of the Gulf of California. The creepy creature ...

to eliminate the host's fear or extend the host's lifespan. BioArk, a biology YouTube channel, explains one such parasite, `` Uonoe,'' which parasitizes the tongue of a fish and becomes a tongue.

Scientists now think they know the identity of the stomach-turning creature found in a tuna tin in Nottingham. The mystery monster was the centre of much Twitter discussion on the hashtag #tunagate.

The tiny creature discovered in a tin of tuna by a Nottingham mother is a tongue-eating louse, scientists believe. Zoe Butler was amazed to find a pair of eyes staring up at her when she opened the ...

We’ve covered cymothoa exigua, the horrifying alien-like parasites that eat and then replace fish tongues, pretty extensively around here (mainly in connection with last year’s fish tongue parasite ...

The creature found inside a tin of tuna by a horrified mum was a TONGUE-EATING parasite, an academic has said. Horrified Zoe Butler found the mystery critter in a £1 can of Princes tuna while ...

The blood-sucker is one of 24 new species of the killer parasite Cymothoa exigua which stays alive by feeding on its host from the inside. A blood-sucking parasite has been found to eat fish from the ...

One of the staples of writing nerdy stuff online is shining a light on the occasional horrifying real life animal. One of the most horrifying of horrifying real life animals is cymothoa exigua, an ...