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James Montgomery Flagg, Wake up America! Civilization calls every man, woman and child! 1917
![Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous [sic] high wire artists.
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Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous [sic] high wire artists.
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The Tongue eating louse is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 cm long. This parasite enters through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper’s (Lutjanus guttatus) tongue. It then proceeds to extract blood through the claws on its front three pairs of legs. As the parasite grows, less and less blood reaches the tongue, and eventually the organ atrophies from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish’s tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. The fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue. It appears that the parasite does not cause any other damage to the host fish. Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host’s blood and many others feed on fish mucus. They do not eat scraps of the fish’s food. This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ. There are many species of Cymothoa, but only C. exigua is known to consume and replace its host’s tongue.”
via plsj who says “Parasites are awesome,” to which I would add “freakin’ “, strangeanimial, mabelmoments who calls this “absolutely the most revolting thing of the day,” to which I would add “but awesome”
Banksy, No Ball Games, on the corner of Tottenham High Road and Philip Lane in London
Human body is like a factory, Chinese public health poster, 1933
via National Library of Medicine, Understanding the Human Body
