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" FacebookBlueskyShare…Shares Related PostsFederal fisheries address shark butcherySex, Snails, Sustenance…and Rock & RollDSN Readers Make A DifferenceTour the deep Southern Ocean from the safety of your couchFriday Deep-Sea Picture (02/23/07)
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.