This Is Weird.'.Hey!.What's Got Your Tongue?'

SPOTTED RED SNAPPER with friend

O.K.! This IS really Bizarre!   Let's see...First, this just awful parasitic decides to live on the blood of a fish called the Spotted Rose Snapper, and, It attaches itself to the poor fish's tongue. Well, if that's not strange enough...read on... After several days, [what? Days? ICKIE T. Jan] the tongue shrinks and falls off. Well, I guess so.

THEN:.... Instead of leaving the poor fishy without a tongue the parasite attaches itself to the  base of the tongue and becomes a tongue-replacement. Since the fish has to use the parasite as a real tongue or stave to death...it, of course, chooses... you guessed it..the parasite.  The fish from then on 'fishes' for both of them, what he catches is eaten by the parasite as well as the Spotted Red Snapper.

 C. exigua is the only known parasite known to replace a 'host's' organ. Be careful... This parasite is usually found off the coast of California. BUT, it was recently found over in the United Kingdom, so, it could be just 'bout anywhere...SCARY.  Go HERE.
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Found this on YOUTUBE,  it's DR. JOHN doin' 'Goin' Fishin'...Steve does this song too.