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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Why No Fish Wants a Tongue-eating Parasitic Louse in its Mouth

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Why No Fish Wants a Tongue-eating Parasitic Louse in its Mouth

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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Cymothoa exigua will make you feel very glad you're not a fish.
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  • athairmor@lemmy.world
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    Wait, fish have tongues?!

  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Microsoft CEO Can’t Understand Why No Fish Wants a Tongue-eating Parasitic Louse in its Mouth

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    Life finds a… Oh dear god please not that way life wtf are you doing

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    Seems obvious to most I would think.

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    “It has lousy swimming capabilities and gravid females — females with eggs and juveniles in her pouch — are especially non-agile. This is in contrast to some species [of the same family of isopods] which are free-living and can occur in such large numbers that they can deflesh a fish or body entirely.”

    Solid louse joke…although technically an isopod. I’ll never look at a rolly polly the same…

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    'S kind of self-evident, innit?

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    I know this isn’t what I should be focusing on, but “louse”?!

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      That’s the singular of lice

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        Omfg I just thought they spelled “loose” wrong. XD

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          Be careful not to loose your mind.

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        What a lousy name.

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