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The first reports talked about "sea lice", which are quite different. The sea louse (or one type of it) is a parasite that famously eats the tongues of fish an
by lobster_johnson 9y ago
The first reports talked about "sea lice", which are quite different.
The sea louse (or one type of it) is a parasite that famously eats the tongues of fish and "replace" the tongue by lodging themselves in the mouth of the fish. [1]
They also had an "expert" speculating about jellyfish larvae, which are colloquially (but incorrectly) also called sea lice, but they are not capable of biting, only stinging.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua
- robin_reala 9y agoHuh, I’ve always known a sealouse to be the aquatic equivalent to a woodlouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligia_oceanica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligia_oceanica . Looks like I was wrong, or at least I learned a local name.
- frenchy 9y agoThere's also the crustaceans known as sea lice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_louse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_louse