hope this thing stays over there....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2109278/In-Spain-hear-scream-Mediterranean-fish-threat-gruesome-Alien-parasite-eats-tongues-lives-mouths.html

man,that is nasty looking!

Yeesh. Must. Hold. Lunch. Down....

Geez those parasites get news attention every 3 years...

Makes me think of the chest busters from Alien. Granted it is a bit cuter than the chest buster.

Bite your tongue!

Makes me think of the chest busters from Alien. Granted it is a bit cuter than the chest buster.

Waitress: You want the soup or the special?

Barf: I'll have the special.

man that's evil

I'm thinking you remove them, release the fish to heal up, and then eat the ugly little buggers. Maybe steamed or grilled and dipped in clarified butter...

There are similar parasites in the amazon. Nasty looking little buggers.

Dr Stefano Mariani of the University of Salford said: ‘This is further evidence that human over-exploitation of fish stocks has adverse and far-reaching effects. Areas with poor regulation have smaller, younger fish and, as we’ve now demonstrated, higher and more harmful parasite infestations.'

That's quite a leap of logic. Could it be that fishermen are bringing in the parasites? Certainly, removing fish does not produce or increase parasites.

It could be akin to the transfer of vegetation or critters from one body of water to another via boats and trailers.

Maybe the stunted condition of the fish is due to a body of water having a denser population of parasites, rather than the vice versa the scientist postulates. We humans are not always the villains.

I wanna hear from the first guy that lips a bass with one of these things!

Waitress: You want the soup or the special?

Barf: I'll have the special.

For you Tom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh1exCwGiY0

But yea that is nasty. I might have to start checking every fish I catch for just incase measures.

There are similar parasites in the amazon. Nasty looking little buggers.

Yeah with one little difference, they will swim up Mr. Winkie.

Doh! That's why you tie it in a knot.

Doh! That's why you tie it in a knot.

this is me if I COULD tie it in a knot!

Best I can do is get some string and tie a knot around it.

Yeah with one little difference, they will swim up Mr. Winkie.

OK, that's it. I'm NEVER going anywhere close to the Amazon. Ain't gonna be no little cooties messin, with the package.

Tom

OK, that's it. I'm NEVER going anywhere close to the Amazon. Ain't gonna be no little cooties messin, with the package.

Tom

Thats the thing, they're not little. It's a small fish about the size of a child's pinkie finger. It has barbs on it so it can't come out backwards. It must be surgically removed. Yeeaahhh.