Pictures and Movies Tongue-Eating Parasites Dr. M March 1, 2013 A nice little animation from my favorite television program, PBS’s NOVA Share the post "Tongue-Eating Parasites" FacebookXShare…Shares Related PostsARCHIVE: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #4 The Deep Sea Has Extremely High Species DiversityTGIF – Underwater Fluorescent Disco19th Century Voyage through Google EarthVideo Friday: Megalodon Seamount SurpriseOn being scared
I am as squicked out by tongue isopods as anyone else. Still, the Poindexter in me can’t help pointing out that a fish’s tongue (basihyal) and a mammalian tongue are not homologous structures.
I am as squicked out by tongue isopods as anyone else. Still, the Poindexter in me can’t help pointing out that a fish’s tongue (basihyal) and a mammalian tongue are not homologous structures.