The Animal That Can Steal Another Creature’s Body!

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Transcript

00:00Ever wonder if real-life body snatchers exist?

00:03Forget sci-fi movies, because the tongue-eating louse is the stuff of nightmares.

00:09This creepy crustacean pulls off the ultimate heist.

00:13It swims into a fish's mouth through its gills, latches onto the tongue, and begins its bizarre takeover.

00:21The louse then uses its sharp claws to drain the blood, causing the tongue to wither away and fall off.

00:28But here's the truly mind-blowing part.

00:31It doesn't stop there.

00:33The parasite attaches itself to the remaining stub and becomes the fish's new, fully functional tongue.

00:41The fish can actually use the louse to grab and eat its food.

00:45None the wiser that its tongue has been replaced by a living parasite.

00:50How's that for a wild twist of nature?

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