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Cymothoa exigua, a crustacean, is the only known parasite that effectively replaces a body organ. It makes its home in the mouth of a fish, where it drains blood from the tongue until it withers and dies. It attaches itself to the remaining stub and the fish is actually able to utilize it as a replacement tongue to draw in and manipulate food, which the parasite shares.
О как!
кстати, несчастная рыба, чей рот мы видим на картинке, называется red snapper
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Date: 2005-09-16 07:22 am (UTC)