parasites
Submitted by bod on Sat, 2010-08-21 00:30
Tongue eating Parasite
copied from this guy's blog http://docfiles.blogspot.com/2009/11/tongue-eating-parasite.html
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Tongue eating Parasite
I have blogged about this little nightmare before. I caught another one that had replaced the tongue of a big silver trevally today and took some more pictures.
This little parasite attaches itself to the silver trevally's tongue and sucks the blood out of it till the tongue dies. It then takes the place of the tongue.
It hooks onto the floor of the mouth with its multiple hook like legs.
Imagine such a parasite replacing your tongue. Wow it's more amazing than the face hugging parasite.
trailcraft_tony
Posts: 75
Date Joined: 15/12/09
used to find them in most of
used to find them in most of the yellowtail caught in the coburn sound all the time. have seen plenty of them before if they are the ones.
fisho-ron
Posts: 2539
Date Joined: 26/09/09
mate the sambo i got last
mate
the sambo i got last weekend had some sort of bug crawling into its head, like a tic, when i touch it it tried to crawl in deeper.
i hadnt seen that before.
Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
used to see a lot of fish
used to see a lot of fish with parasites in the nostrils but never heard of one like this, must be painful for the host fish
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Ben Derecki
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Date Joined: 10/10/07
Yeah I see them from time to
Yeah I see them from time to time in the mouths of yellowtail too. I pull them out with my pliers and squash the filthy beasts.