The head probably belongs to a Cymothoa exigua:Zoe Butler was amazed to find a pair of eyes staring up at her when she opened the can of Princes tuna chunks.
But the Natural History Museum said that the head probably belonged to a Cymothoa exigua, or tongue-eating louse. The parasite lives inside a fish, entering through its gills and attaching itself to its host's tongue.
"I opened the top of the lid and saw a purply thing, a gut sack or intestine -- then I turned it round and pushed it with a fork and saw it looking back at me," she told the Nottingham Post.
"It's got like a spiny tail along the bottom -- it's quite grim.
"I dropped the fork, jumped back, screamed a bit and shouted for my nan to come and have a look."
She added: "I haven't shown it to the kids because they might get put off eating tuna.
"I just want to find out what it is and to make sure it doesn't happen to somebody else.
"I didn't set out to get compensation and I don't a want lifetime's supply of tuna!"
Mrs Butler's grandmother Susan Goddard, 69, said: "It's a little red and has eyes, bright black, looking at you. We did manage to ascertain that it was dead."
Why.
Why.
One of my friends found one of these guys inside a salmon she broiled whole. Fillets only for me...
One of my friends found one of these guys inside a salmon she broiled whole. Fillets only for me...
my favorite part is how the parasite BECOMES the tongue after it eats it. nightmares for me.
Then you're probably not going to love this book.
It occurs to me that John Varley's 1976 short story "Manikins" is related. The parasite in that one does not become a tongue.
my favorite part is how the parasite BECOMES the tongue after it eats it. nightmares for me.
As a diver I knew that face in the can when I first saw it.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/07/the-parasite-that-becomes-a-tongue/
As a diver I knew that face in the can when I first saw it.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/07/the-parasite-that-becomes-a-tongue/
Jesus Jamie. Where do you find this!
Jesus Jamie. Where do you find this!
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Ugh... silver lining? "The Tongue-Eating Louse Grosses Out, But Otherwise is Harmless to, Humans
If there is one bright spot in this story, it is that C. exigua does not eat human tongues, is not poisonous, and can only hurt you a little bit – and then only if you pick one up (like you would), and it bites you.
Despite this fact, a person in Puerto Rico who allegedly accidentally ate a bit of C. exigua filed a lawsuit against the supermarket chain where she purchased its host fish. It appears as if the suit was dropped when testimony was presented that “isopods are routinely consumed as food.” Yuck!"
Ugh... silver lining? "The Tongue-Eating Louse Grosses Out, But Otherwise is Harmless to, Humans
If there is one bright spot in this story, it is that C. exigua does not eat human tongues, is not poisonous, and can only hurt you a little bit – and then only if you pick one up (like you would), and it bites you.
Despite this fact, a person in Puerto Rico who allegedly accidentally ate a bit of C. exigua filed a lawsuit against the supermarket chain where she purchased its host fish. It appears as if the suit was dropped when testimony was presented that “isopods are routinely consumed as food.” Yuck!"
Sometimes I think you're just trolling for autopope comments.
I don't understand. How is this creature supposed to be used fetishisticly? Is it to be ingested? Inserted? Applied? Sorry to be so naive but I'm anxious to try this out, whatever it is.
A lifetime of tuna contains enough mercury to cause hair loss.