more: "I struggled for weeks to find an identification for this thing until, quite by chance I stumbled across something that looked similar in a Victorian journal.

"Apparently there's not too much ill effect to the fish itself except it's lost its tongue."

Experts at the University of Southampton confirmed that the creature was an isopod and that there had been several sightings of them in Cornwall in 1996.

Mr Chambers added: "It doesn't affect humans other than if you do actually come across a live one and try and pick it up - they are quite vicious, they will deliver a good nip."

That is really, truly disgusting and revolting. Sounds like something out of a horror story, and i never would have believed it was true. I don't have time to check it, but it's legit?

Isopod...sounds like something from the times of the dinosaurs.

Eeeeewwww!

Yuk. Icky. gross out.

YUK!!!