Comments on: Icthyoid Alien

By: Omfg

Omfg — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:49:36 +0000

[...] Omfg ECTOPLASMOSIS! Icthyoid Alien [...]

By: afraid for my tongue

afraid for my tongue — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:24:08 +0000

I will never go swimming again.

By: A.Steroid

A.Steroid — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:27:00 +0000

I have no words to express my opinion about this parasite. The wild nature life is so complicated…

By: Hot links » Blog Archive » new fishing info 223

Hot links » Blog Archive » new fishing info 223 — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:35:58 +0000

[...] I found this great article. You can read rest of it here : here [...]

By: Hot links » Blog Archive » Fishing 223

Hot links » Blog Archive » Fishing 223 — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:05:49 +0000

[...] I found this great article. You can read rest of it here : here [...]

By: Linzys

Linzys — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:33:43 +0000

Yummy.

By: Piter

Piter — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:13:39 +0000

What nasty thing!!!!!!! It would not be desirable that I had such a neighbour:)

By: amy

amy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:36:21 +0000

that made my tummy hurt.

By: ectoplasmosis » Parasitical

ectoplasmosis » Parasitical — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:57:13 +0000

[...] that some of my most popular work has involved parasites, it was with great excitement that I watched this video put together by the folks at mental_floss [...]

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:07:26 +0000

omg thats crazy!, thank god theres nothing like that now :-S atleast on land

By: Amme

Amme — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:51:27 +0000

Oops! Anyways, that photo looks really cool! But I have a question. Are viruses parasites even though they aren’t actually alive?

By: Amme

Amme — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:21:26 +0000

Cool! There is a fungus called the corticep that possesses an ant and makes it climb to a very tall place. Then the fungus gross out the back of the ant’s head to release its spores, just like in sci-fi movies! I saw this on an episode of Planet Earth.

By: Amme

Amme — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:20:32 +0000

Cool! There is a fungus called the coticep that possesses an ant and makes it climb to a very tall place. Then the fungus gross out the back of the ant’s head to release its spores, just like in sci-fi movies! I saw this on an episode of Planet Earth.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:54:01 +0000

Just wonderful to see whats really going on in the life of a fish, LOL.

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:57:50 +0000

One of the many reasons I don’t eat seafood…still, a fascinating example of EVOLUTION.

By: Carcosa

Carcosa — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:52:04 +0000

this is my kind of blog.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:56:25 +0000

just when I’d thought I’d seen everything…

By: JohnOfNarnia

JohnOfNarnia — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:45:54 +0000

I think it’s quite amazing at what our awesome creator God has made!

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:22:46 +0000

holy shit

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:34:48 +0000

If you are able to find a source on the parasite/ant/cow phenomenon, please let me know. No more will I say “Cat got your tongue?”, but rather “How is your parasite doing?” Thanks for the post.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:44:49 +0000

Anybody heard of the parasite that makes ants attach themselves to flowers so that cows eat them ? This way the parasite reaches its 2nd host, the cow. It’s like the parasites turn ants into suicidal zombies !

By: Tiffony

Tiffony — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:50:22 +0000

you find the most fascinating things when it comes to the world of Parisitology!

By: Icthyoid Alien « A Disorganised Mind

Icthyoid Alien « A Disorganised Mind — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:14:56 +0000

[...] ectoplasmosis » Icthyoid Alien [...]

By: tam

tam — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:06:50 +0000

ewe! gross one. parasites are still parasites. but this one isn’t a freerider. it does its part of the job.

By: scared of tongue people

scared of tongue people — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:48:58 +0000

damn thats nasty

By: ThinkBlog » Identity Crisis

ThinkBlog » Identity Crisis — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:11:34 +0000

[...] http://www.ectomo.com/index.php/2007/10/26/icthyoid-alien/ addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fderekcabrera.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D27′; addthis_title = ‘Identity+Crisis’; addthis_pub = ”; Stumble it! [...]

By: Mercurin

Mercurin — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:47:04 +0000

So, does that mean the tonguecrab craps part of the fish’s meal down it’s throat? Wow. My ex never let me meet her family, and now I know why.

By: skaffen

skaffen — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:31:06 +0000

I for one, welcome our new parasitic overlords!

By: Nestor

Nestor — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:01:02 +0000

It wouldn’t work on people because we have hands to pull it off our tongue as soon as it latched on.

Bet those fishes wished they hadn’t evolved fins now, hah!

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:33:59 +0000

At least, it’s leaving control to the fish.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:56:21 +0000

If you want to get extra-technical, they’re all forms of symbiosis. You meant mutualism, above. Regardless, it’s a parasite.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:25:37 +0000

Its not symbiosis, its commensalism. In symbiosis, both organisms benefit. In commensalism, one benefits and nothing happens to the other. Though of course, for a time it would be parasitism.

By: Can a parasite be a indispensable part of you « blog at 2

Can a parasite be a indispensable part of you « blog at 2 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:56:24 +0000

[...] Can a parasite be a indispensable part of you Posted November 1, 2007 Dont believe it.. then u gotta visit this link [...]

By: bastos

bastos — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:32:14 +0000

if the fish benefits at all from the existence of this crustacean then technically it isn’t really a parasite… according to what the article describes, the fish and this little wormy thingy have a symbiotic relationship

By: El Capitan

El Capitan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:59:47 +0000

Cool! So it can live on both blood and food particles? I’d think that the blood would be a more worthwhile nutrient source.

By: El Tiburon

El Tiburon — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:50:03 +0000

You bet your pooper it’s real.

I think it crawled out of William S Burroughs’s ass.

By: Benjamin Rooney

Benjamin Rooney — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:58:10 +0000

It’s evidently for real; there’s a Wikipedia article with links to relatively reputable sources.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=719

By: drez

drez — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:20:58 +0000

Is this for real?

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:35:27 +0000

I call bullshit.

By: Jilder

Jilder — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:37:23 +0000

optical: You say that like it’s a bad thing.