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The Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean, is a true-to-life tongue snatcher. The parasite prays on the Spotted Rose Snapper Fish found off the coast of California. Cymothoa exigua swim into the fish's gills and latch onto its tongue. Once attached, it begins to suck the fish's blood. Eventuall...

Here's a story of zombies, parasitic mind control, and livers. In the end, I take away a cautionary tale from it, one that I'll pass on to my kids (the smaller ones at least): don't eat snail slime. Prepare for some erudition on the liver fluke. Source -- Edited by Jollyjo on Saturday 15th of August 2009 0...

There are a lot of parasites that cause strange changes in their hosts. Parasites turn hosts into zombiesgorge on the flesh of the host from the inside out, even assist a host's suicide. But one of the most interesting and extreme changes caused by a parasite is achieved by the mermithid nematode. Sim...

Parasitic wasps are always an easy target as sci-fi parasites. After all, they were the main inspiration behind the film "Alien" - clearly they're 'sci-fi worthy'. They all do terrible, mean things to their hosts while they eat them alive from the inside out. And, simply, they're just really, reall...

When a whale dies its cadaver sinks to the bottom floor where it provides the equivalent of over 2,000 years of normal biological detritus to the local ecosystem. In other words, if you're a scavenger lurking in a small-time cave, and a whale corpse falls nearby, you've got your meals planned for a lon...

I know every creature has its place in the ecosystem, even giant water bugs and mites. But water bugs bite me, and no ecosystem should have something like that. It doesn't help that this picture was taken less than an hour from my home. So I'm rooting for the mites clinging to the back of this water bug. I'...

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parasite fish A parasitic crustacean - A Real Tongue Snatcher (Preview)	Parasitic / Microscopic / Microbial Species	0	2131	Jul 2, 2009 by Dj Quiva
The Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean, is a true-to-life tongue snatcher. The parasite prays on the Spotted Rose Snapper Fish found off the coast of California. Cymothoa exigua swim into the fish's gills and latch onto its tongue. Once attached, it begins to suck the fish's blood. Eventuall...
Insect parasite Liver Fluke Life (Preview)	Insect Species	0	1879	Aug 14, 2009 by Dj Quiva
Here's a story of zombies, parasitic mind control, and livers. In the end, I take away a cautionary tale from it, one that I'll pass on to my kids (the smaller ones at least): don't eat snail slime. Prepare for some erudition on the liver fluke. Source -- Edited by Jollyjo on Saturday 15th of August 2009 0...
Insect parasite Mermithid Nematodes:This Week's Sci-Fi Worthy Parasite (Preview)	Insect Species	0	1911	Aug 17, 2009 by Dj Quiva
There are a lot of parasites that cause strange changes in their hosts. Parasites turn hosts into zombiesgorge on the flesh of the host from the inside out, even assist a host's suicide. But one of the most interesting and extreme changes caused by a parasite is achieved by the mermithid nematode. Sim...
Insect parasite This Week's Sci-Fi Worthy Parasite: Cotesia glomerata (Preview)	Insect Species	0	2026	Aug 18, 2009 by Dj Quiva
Parasitic wasps are always an easy target as sci-fi parasites. After all, they were the main inspiration behind the film "Alien" - clearly they're 'sci-fi worthy'. They all do terrible, mean things to their hosts while they eat them alive from the inside out. And, simply, they're just really, reall...
New Animal Species Water Species Parasitic Microscopic Microbial Species Parasite New Worm Species Discovered on Dead Whales (Preview)	New Animal Species	0	1943	Sep 26, 2009 by Dj Quiva
When a whale dies its cadaver sinks to the bottom floor where it provides the equivalent of over 2,000 years of normal biological detritus to the local ecosystem. In other words, if you're a scavenger lurking in a small-time cave, and a whale corpse falls nearby, you've got your meals planned for a lon...
Parasite Insect Species Mites on Waterbug - Rooting for the Mites (Preview)	Parasitic / Microscopic / Microbial Species	1	1983	Dec 28, 2009 by Shem
I know every creature has its place in the ecosystem, even giant water bugs and mites. But water bugs bite me, and no ecosystem should have something like that. It doesn't help that this picture was taken less than an hour from my home. So I'm rooting for the mites clinging to the back of this water bug. I'...