Nice to Know: This Parasite doesn't go for people ....


	Nice to Know: This Parasite doesn't go for people ....

Uniec

9-16-2009 2:08 PM

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tongue, parasite, replaced

Uniec says:

To have one's tongue eaten sounds like a nightmare, but it gets even worse: The tongue is replaced by the parasite who ate it ....

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