What Kaiti Did

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plainoljane: Check out this totally cool louse. It eats the tongue of the red snapper by draining blood from the tongue via the gills. Then, when that’s all gone, it replaces the tongue and the snapper can actually use the louse as a surrogate tongue. The two live symbiotically, forever and ever and ever and ever. Via Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane:

Check out this totally cool louse. It eats the tongue of the red snapper by draining blood from the tongue via the gills. Then, when that’s all gone, it replaces the tongue and the snapper can actually use the louse as a surrogate tongue. The two live symbiotically, forever and ever and ever and ever.

  1. dainafischer reblogged this from helenmattisonwyatt
  2. helenmattisonwyatt reblogged this from kadehydrated and added:
    this is messed up.
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  6. needsomefiction reblogged this from deepr and added:
    OMG EW EW EW EW I MEAN I JUST SPENT LIKE, A MONTH STUDYING SHIT LIKE THIS IN BIO BUT OMG THAT IS SOME FREAKY SHIT
  7. deepr reblogged this from drinkyourjuice and added:
    FUCKING ALIENS GUYS.
  8. healyscopter reblogged this from littletinyfish
  9. letmesign reblogged this from chnl and added:
    SO COOL. I LOVE BIOLOGY. Symbiotic creatures are SO freaking interesting.
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  11. likeacaptain reblogged this from plainoljane and added:
    i love how i knew EXACTLY what was going on in...picture before i even read
  12. glitterbombs reblogged this from constellation and added:
    my toes curled. I haven’t been this grossed out since lotus nipple
  13. rudydontstop reblogged this from dot-dot-dot-ellipsis and added:
    That’s actually one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard. I mean, that pic is a little fucked up, but that story is...
  14. dot-dot-dot-ellipsis reblogged this from constellation
  15. constellation reblogged this from chnl and added:
    what majestic creatures.
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  19. itendtoflail reblogged this from thirsties and added:
    Absolutely most revolting thing of...day Cymothoa exigua
  20. fallndreams reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    This is freaking wicked
  21. chnl reblogged this from merissalee and added:
    OH MY F—WTF IS THIS DOING ON MY DASHBOARD OH MY EFFING GS THIS IS THE MOST DISGUSTING THING EVER OH GOD WTF IS...
  22. ultrascorponic reblogged this from thecoffeegirl and added:
    it is an alien. and its smiling.
  23. ultrascorponic reblogged this from youroldarchenemycatwoman and added:
    But I would have eaten the big crab, I think? This thing is sooooooo disturbing. wow.
  24. sesame-oil reblogged this from thirsties
  25. thecoffeegirl reblogged this from ultrascorponic and added:
    icky. I thought it was an alien and it was going to jump out and bite
  26. thegoldenpisspot reblogged this from allcreatures
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  28. a-bomb-tan reblogged this from forca and added:
    just felt the need to gross you guys out a bit lol
  29. terriblr reblogged this from pleatedjeans and added:
    I want a parasite tongue too!
  30. gonorrheagogo reblogged this from drinkyourjuice and added:
    omg, evolution! this is so grosss!
  31. forca reblogged this from sraz and added:
    tristn:mabelmoments:
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    sweet. fancy. moses.
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  39. youroldarchenemycatwoman reblogged this from ultrascorponic and added:
    remember the giant crab, ultra? this is 100,000,000,000 times worse.
  40. ultrascorponic reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    WHAT IN THE HOLY HELL!!!!!!!! I CANT STOP LOOKING. LOOK AT THIS————-OMG, SO HORRIBLY GROSS! i feel sick, srsly. dont...
  41. dannyatticus reblogged this from kezziebeat
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  43. jungjinwoon reblogged this from kezziebeat and added:
    Oh. Dear. God. EW. It’s also creeping me out that the fish has human like teeth xDD
  44. kezziebeat reblogged this from shrinkwrapped and added:
    now my tongue feels weird…
  45. shrinkwrapped reblogged this from beeps
  46. devish reblogged this from strangeanimal and added:
    HOLY CRAP. “Cymothoa...strangeanimal::mabelmoments:tomippen)
  47. pleatedjeans reblogged this from strangeanimal
  48. kadehydrated reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    What the fuuuuck. Mama Nature, you’re so twisted!
  49. deafeyes reblogged this from anthropomorphism
  50. pinksad reblogged this from tristn and added:
    people teeth fish!
  51. anthropomorphism reblogged this from drinkyourjuice
  52. mirah reblogged this from drinkyourjuice and added:
    scheming motherfucker
  53. yaldabaoth reblogged this from strangeanimal and added:
    (OP:mabelmoments/RB:tomippen)
  54. drinkyourjuice reblogged this from baravettski and added:
    Absolutely most revolting thing...day Cymothoa exigua
  55. strangeanimal reblogged this from tomippen and added:
    (OP:mabelmoments/RB:tomippen)
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    I SRSLY CAN’T BELIEVE I’M REBLOGGING THIS BUT WHAAAATTTTHHEEEEFUCKKKKK.
  60. kaitidid reblogged this from plainoljane
  61. thebeaker reblogged this from ex-genius and added:
    I am sure God intended this…
  62. peroty reblogged this from tristn and added:
    I am simultaneously intrigued and revolted.
  63. dailyhuff reblogged this from isopod and added:
    There is a “YO DAWG” riff in this photo just screaming to get out. Maybe there’s just a lot of screaming, I don’t know....
  64. isopod reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    I do love isopods so much. They’re just so absurd. This little guy is related to the pillbugs you find in your garden,...
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    WHAT>??!?R>ED>H
  69. exspectator reblogged this from tristn and added:
    “What is it you want us to do?” “Die.”
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  73. tinatownusa reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO is this where the idea for the alien mouth in mouth...
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  76. rockosmodurnlife reblogged this from mabelmoments and added:
    Quite the contrary, I think this is pretty cool.
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  79. hehewaitwhat reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    what. the. holy. hell. is it just me or is that thing smiling? and does that fish have human like teeth?!
  80. thedmoshow reblogged this from mabelmoments and added:
    I wish I could affix myself to the muscles that previously supported brad pitt’s tongue and get me some angelina. too...
  81. withoutanhaitch reblogged this from allcreatures
  82. earnestlyhemingway reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    This is absolutely disgusting.
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  84. blitherypoop reblogged this from allcreatures and added:
    That’s actually kinda awesome. Ultimate punk accessory!
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  87. sonowyouknow reblogged this from mabelmoments and added:
    Cymothoa exigua or the Tongue eating louse is a parasitic crustacean...family Cymothoidae....
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