Cymothoa Exigua

[markoherrera]

Nature is the most awesome thing ever! and this cartoon is next!

[Rufochka]

AWESOME DUDE!

[JournalistCR]

Yeah, totally scaring! I got one on my friend fish last  night.

[MultiUSD]

xD

[mixitman92]

I cringed at the alarm noise DX can't stand it...

[8x13Wolf]

@Worrun Someone's got a mouth full of Cymothoa Exigua.

[eminatic]

fish have tongues?

[greenpilgrim50]

@eminatic lol, that's what i said, i never knew fish had tongues!

[Redwards111]

@greenpilgrim50 fish don't have tongues they have something that resembles a tongue but has no taste buds and limited movement called a basihyal

[samj5664]

They should be introduced to a mallet, the creepy little fuckers!

[MmeLEnfer]

Ho-lee mackerel. :S

[Cthulu310]

Just went to manhattan beach and caught a bunch of fish. 11/15 I caught had this nasty sucker on them. This is one nasty little thing. it embeds itself on the gills of the fish too and wont let go for dear life. I get goosebumps just remembering that little thing

[MmeLEnfer]

@Cthulu310 I don't mean to be rude but... Cthulhu is afraid of a tongue louse?

[ShinryuuP]

It's awesome! But I like it better with subs because the bug's voice is a bit too coarse for me to know what he's saying sometimes. XD

[z3r0ko0L]

@Mushroomboy5 His tongue got eaten and replaced. That's not him talking.

[MentalMaladies]

@Worrun lol u mad bro?

[thesilverfalcon]

True story.

[ReflexivoArco]

Do nauki bys się wziął, a nie z translatora korzystasz, Amerykańcu!

[schedar2012]

hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

[auroracazatti]

Está buenísimo!!!

[verarex]

jajajajajaaaa!!

Que asco!!!

[Cisla]

loool very funny. I love when the cymothoa spits to the boss, haha.

[Indubitabil02]

Hahaha, that's great!

[vind3x]

How the hell can that little f*cking thing become the tongue of the fish? That's absolutely nuts, man! O.o

[tobs001]

@vind3x And its based on a real bug!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH­HH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

That is some horrific shit.

[Shadowlit001]

I thought that guy WAS a fish...

[mandorocks2]

lol i read about these creepy bugs their also called the tounge eating louse

[kain702]

parasite is weird as hell and pretty horrifying, but the cartoon is hella funny. The whole time the fish just has its mouth open, disturbed and in agony.

[bwitted]

dear God in heaven... yuck...

[Casper48022]

right abouuuut, now.. X_X ... rofl..

[blueluny]

excellent!

[ww2v2]

I happened to stumble across a video detailing this particular parasite when I found this. Very funny, I must say! Keep up the good work.

[jayheich]

don't worry snapper it can't suck your blood only your snot

[jayheich]

@jayheich okay i was rong it can suck blood but most can only suck snot

[rockerresident]

that cymothoa is a badass

[Joel5656]

You sir, are a genious

[TehNetherlands]

That's great :D I love this because I've just read the wikipedia article on this bug. The last thing I could've imagined was someone making a cartoon out of it xD

[usarules10]

lol my brother was the parasites voice

[neildangad]

this gives me nightmares

[ASKaPHYSICIST]

wikipedia says they stop feeding from tghe blood once they ve replaced the tongue and share the fish's food instead.

[Zonkin]

"They do not eat scraps of the fish's food."

FAIL

[ASKaPHYSICIST]

The article was updated, so FU

[Zonkin]

Maturity FAIL

[MinosTutor]

Film made by crazy biologistXD

good job!

[Enigma758]

This video left a bad taste in my mouth!

[CirqueDuCloud]

I think ima be sick. =S

[tompiamenta]

excellent!

[Licurius]

Awesome. It actually makes the parasite slightly appealing. Great video.

[extrahumane]

Awesome video!!! Totaly explains this in a funny and interesting way. Love this freakin vid. GOOD WORK GUYS!!!

[usarules10]

my brother played the bug thing

[Hiimitsu]

genius.

[peanutfoot]

I love this.

[Kyothine]

Best sciency cartoon I've seen.

[MrWhiscash]

This is fantastic.

[zekeyspaceylizard]

you never told me you finished this you great hairy butt

its great