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November 03, 2006

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Ian

There's a parasite (a mite, I think) of ants that does something conceptually similar, except it replaces a foot. I'll see if I can scan in the image of it.

Clive

These guys are pretty creepy! I have come accross them in the British Virgin Islands as well in the mouth of Jacks. I releasede the 'infected' fish since the parasite seems to cause little to no harm to them.

Jess

would the parasite make the fish diseased and unable to eat?

DIaneAKelly

Jess -- as I said in the post, the parasite doesn't have much of an effect on the fish. It just uses the parasite to eat instead of its tongue.

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