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Fish with human teeth? Mother nature is a MAAAAAAAAAAAAD scientist

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Dead Man

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How about a sheepshead fish with a parasite for a tongue?

parasite_fish_tongue.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua
 

Dram

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Is there any proof to this? Looks like the fish has a tongue too. Fish have tongues?
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Do-fishes-have-tongues/
Most fishes do have a 'tongue'. Fish tongues however do not resemble the muscular tongues of humans. The tongue of a fish is formed from a fold in the floor of the mouth.

In some species of bony fishes the tongue has teeth which help to hold prey items. The name of one genus of argentinid fish, Glossanodon, literally means 'tongue teeth'.

The tongue of the lamprey can be protruded from the mouth. It has horny teeth and is used to rasp flesh from its prey. Most fishes however cannot protrude their tongues.
 
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