This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The terrifyingly real, diminutive monster of the deep, and the stuff of nightmares, it’s the tongue-eating louse. These creatures live in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. What they do, besides haunt people’s dreams, is find their way into the mouth’s of fishes, through their gills, and there they take over. […]

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