Wikipedia:Cymothoa exigua is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 cm long. This parasite attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper's tongue, entering the fish's mouth through its gills. 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.
There are many species of Cymothoa, but only C. exigua is known to consume and replace its host's tongue.
Eww
And it turns into it's female form once it has become the fish's tongue. When it meets a male of it's species, they mate in the host. Eggs are stored with the female pseudo-tongue and are released from the fish's mouth.
Now, what Wicked Dead has for us might be something like that with humans.
Peloquin:Come to think of it, if Wood is willing of course to tease us, should we expect anything inspired by the movie Cronos?
tetsuo:Just curious, are vampire lineages the same as bloodline or are we talking of completely different vampires here than the ones in the main book?
tetsuo: Any hints or info on the Jiang Shi?
Wood: tetsuo: Any hints or info on the Jiang Shi? Chinese hopping vampires. Alex Scokel's work. That is all.