#cymothoa

🦐🦞🦀Merry Crabmas!🦀🦞🦐

Well... kind of. These aren't crabs but they are crustaceans, parasitic ones! I found a fish louse at my work and I thought it was soooooo cute I had to draw it with some friends. Details under the cut!

A Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) infested by a tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua) in Indonesia

Tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa sp.)

Disciples Of The Watch – DOTW Episode 54 Featuring Music from CYMOTHOA and DEFORMATORY

In this episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Cymothoa from Minneapolis, Minnesota and Deformatory out of Ottawa, Canada, we’ll discuss some tidbits from the music-related podcast community in the Podcast Roundup, and we’ll wrap the show taking a look at TeamRock’s Proof that 1980 was the best year for Heavy Metal – are they right? Go here to…

Disciples Of The Watch – DOTW Episode 54 Featuring Music from CYMOTHOA and DEFORMATORY

In this episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Cymothoa from Minneapolis, Minnesota and Deformatory out of Ottawa, Canada, we’ll discuss some tidbits from the music-related podcast community in the Podcast Roundup, and we’ll wrap the show taking a look at TeamRock’s Proof that 1980 was the best year for Heavy Metal – are they right? Go here to…

Your weekly Sunday post Cymothoa are ancient creatures, some growing to a colossal size, smaller breeds, known as "tongue eaters" have been plague to both fish and merfolk alike until the recent ages. Their preferred niche is in that of any fishes mouth, they do, in fact, eat the tongue of their host, and take its place and then attach themselves to the back of the throat. They benefit from food their hosts ingests and are given protection.

Tongue eaters were sometimes used in ancient practice for "guppies" in training for opera, as the parasite has been known to improve singing tone and pitch. After this practice died out, they were considered scourge of merfolk and dropped severely in numbers until recent centuries. Some youth of Pilgi have adopted the practice of introducing cymothoa into their mouths. This is seen mainly a status symbol, much like piercing the ears/tongue or earning a tattoo. This moorish angel fish familiar can talk just fine with one.