🔬 Animal Research Sheet
Tongue-Eating Louse
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📖 Read about me
The tongue-eating louse enters through a fish's gills, drinks the tongue's blood until it withers and falls off, then clamps onto the stub and becomes a functioning replacement tongue the fish uses to grip food. It's the only known parasite that fully replaces a host organ.
🌍 Where do I live? (my habitat)
⚡ What is my superpower?
🤯 One weird TRUE fact I learned
🔎 How do scientists KNOW this?
(Hint: look for clues in the facts — did they film it, measure it, or test it?)
✏️ Draw me!
❓ One question I still have
Wild Zoo Facts · https://wildzoofacts.com/animals/tongue-eating-louse/ — read the full facts, watch the video, and check your answers.