BuzzFeed - "Tongue-Eating Louse" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:42 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Video of cymothoa exigua http://www.buzzfeed.com/duncantakeru/video-of-cymothoa-exigua-e1i-1okn

Video of cymothoa exigua

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/duncantakeru/video-of-cymothoa-exigua-e1i-1okn Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:30 -0400 Video of cymothoa exigua duncantakeru adult This world continues to prove itself infinitely na http://www.buzzfeed.com/vorpalmusic/this-world-continues-to-prove-itself-infinitely-na-e1i-jz

This world continues to prove itself infinitely nastier than we thought possible.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/vorpalmusic/this-world-continues-to-prove-itself-infinitely-na-e1i-jz Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:44:07 -0400 This world continues to prove itself infinitely nastier than we thought possible. vorpalmusic adult Apparently fish use their tongues mostly for tast http://www.buzzfeed.com/yacomink/apparently-fish-use-their-tongues-mostly-for-tast-e1i-v

Apparently fish use their tongues mostly for taste : “A fish’s tongue … is flat, rigid, and cartilaginous and moves only when the base below it moves; nevertheless, it does possess taste buds that indicate to the fish whether to accept or to reject any thing taken into its mouth.”

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/yacomink/apparently-fish-use-their-tongues-mostly-for-tast-e1i-v Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:10:22 -0400 Apparently fish use their tongues <a rel="nofollow" href="http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/54/04714499/0471449954.pdf">mostly for taste</a>: "A fish&rsquo;s tongue ... is flat, rigid, and cartilaginous and moves only when the base below it moves; nevertheless, it does possess taste buds that indicate to the fish whether to accept or to reject any thing taken into its mouth." yacomink adult Cutaway side view of the cymothoa exigua louse http://www.buzzfeed.com/yacomink/cutaway-side-view-of-the-cymothoa-exigua-louse-e1i-v Cutaway side view of the cymothoa exigua louse

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/yacomink/cutaway-side-view-of-the-cymothoa-exigua-louse-e1i-v Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:36:54 -0400 Cutaway side view of the cymothoa exigua louse yacomink adult