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What parasite replaces a host body?
Parasite Cymothoa exigua, or "wood louse, devouring language" - the only known science parasite that replaces the whole body of the host. Multiped penetrates into the body through the gills spotted rose snapper, then sucks the blood from the language of fish and atrophy after she begins to perform the functions of language. Along the way, the parasite feeds on blood and mucus host, but the death of the fish it does not.
