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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/parasite-fish-tongue-mouth/(permalink)

Author: snopescom

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2021-03-05

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Crustacean Succumbs National Science Foundation Smithsonian Institution Snopes Evolution Parasitism Horse Species Fish Instagram Social media Australia Flathead grey mullet Salmonidae Parasitology Evolutionary biology National Museum of Brazil Sparidae Developmental biology Aquatic animal Comparative anatomy Terrestrial animal Phylogenetic tree Atrophy Convergent evolution Marine biology

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A photograph shared to social media showed a parasitic organism that attaches to a fish's tongue and spends the rest of its life as a pseudo tongue while feeding off its host’s blood.

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