Real-Life Weirdness

[tHEhERETIC]

Originally Posted by William

Photo for the strong of stomach.

Nice inspiration for a horror monster. A thumb-sized parasite that...

(1) Eats the host's tongue.
(2) Attaches itself to the stump.
(3) Thereafter functions as a tongue, occasionally munching on bits of the host's blood or mucus.

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(Taxonomic identifier is Cymothoa exigua.)

Or to quote the commenter who made me laugh:

"What, isopod got your tongue?"