On the subject of parasites....

[chibimermaid]

[I looked through the archives a bit and didn't see this critter posted..... although mentioned in the comments in this post about giant isopods. My apologies if I'm being redundant.]

When I first saw this, I thought it was fake:

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This is the one I know about

[lampetia]

The copepod parasite



http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/zoomorphology/NGS2.html

Re: This is the one I know about

[mushroom_maiden]

gross gross gross gross gross *DIES*

Re: This is the one I know about

[chibimermaid]

Yep, that's one!