The Tongue-Eating Parasite | NOVA

WKNO | By Savannah Smith

Published September 17, 2022 at 12:46 PM CDT

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Gross science: This parasite crawls into a fish's mouth and replaces its tongue. Enough said.

Note from NOVA: "In this video, we refer to the parasites as "protoandritic." The real word is "protandric." We take accuracy very seriously and we apologize for the error. Thank you to the viewer who pointed this out."