Comments on: Invasion of the Tongue Snatchers!

By: Sian Doran

Sian Doran — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:24:31 +0000

We found one off a fish we caught down a river in wanganui new zealand.

By: dragondm6

dragondm6 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:16:49 +0000

I’m guessing that the non-infected school of fish probably let the infected ones go their own way. Plus i’d imagine it’s awkward to try to keep a conversation going with a buddy who’s just lost his tongue.

By: Sirius

Sirius — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:23:05 +0000

Aaah,,, perfect solution for tissue engineering!

By: sillyabstitutions

sillyabstitutions — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:07:26 +0000

I wonder if the shortness of the article has anything to do with the time of the posting.
I wonder.

Reverie in the theatre of her mind.

By: bubaks

bubaks — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:29:50 +0000

Wow. That is one freaky little critter. Its a good thing u got the bug out before u cooked the fish!

By: Cyber Rodent

Cyber Rodent — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:26:53 +0000

I have one of these critters at home. It is dried out but quite well preserved. When i was a child of about 8, my neightbour had brought some fish back that they had caught locally. I remember this thing came crawling out of the fish’s mouth. It was so odd that I grabbed it and kept it in a matchbox padded with cottton wool (it took a while to finally stop moving, but thereafter dried out quite nicely). I never though to look to see if the fish had a tongue at the time (In fact I’ve never known what it was until now – I just figured it was some arthropod gill parasite). I’m pretty sure the fish was a snapper, but it well out of it’s expected range being as I live in New Zealand… I still have the thing.

By: DanThinksDances&femaleGspot

DanThinksDances&femaleGspot — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:51:06 +0000

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Good read. What else is new, natural world explainations are always genuine good stuff.

People shut up and stop being afraid. One day of fright and then back into the water.

By: dhpye

dhpye — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:21:44 +0000

Horrifying, but not unique: newsia (foxus) is a fire-spitting, bile-secreting parasite which often replaces the tongues of media.

By: JamesCuthbert

JamesCuthbert — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:44:18 +0000

Sometimes I think an organ of mine might have a mind of its own!!

By: Drakvil

Drakvil — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:06:56 +0000

Wow, I'm not opening my mouth in the water again for the rest of my life.

It's really interesting going through the archives and seeing how this site has evolved over the last year. I'm glad that the newer articles are longer, it shows the growth and maturation of the staff of this wonderful site.