Can a fish that is completely parasitized by the fish lice survive without the lice?

Although there is a word lice in the name, it belongs to the arthropod crustacean, and its close relatives are watermelon insects, king pods, etc.! Although it is a little chilling to see these group insects and the like, the way the fish lice survive is extremely uncomfortable! It enters the gills or mouth of the fish during its juvenile years and attaches to the tongue of the fish to suck up blood and oral secretions of the fish!

Until the tongue atrophies, it does not leave, but replaces the tongue with the sharp foot of the tail hooking the last remaining part of the tongue! From parasitism to symbiosis! The general condition is that it will remain in the mouth of this fish for the rest of its life and will be hermaphroditic.

It should be noted that not all fish have the same head of fish lice, there may be two or, of course, the blood and secretion of the fish mouth is limited, if all the fish lice are too many or the parasitic fish is too small, then it will cause serious effects on the growth and development of the fish, such as weight loss, slow growth, and even many will lead to fish death!

The parasitic is not limited to the mouth of the fish, but also the gills are also the hardest hit area, which will seriously affect the contact between the gills and the oxygen-rich water flow, resulting in insufficient oxygen supply to the fish!

The fish tongue is not very functional, it is relatively primitive, it is located at the bottom of the mouth, it is generally not elastic, not as flexible as humans! To put it simply, the fish tongue is not as powerful as a human for fish, and can only help identify food, etc.! All fish lice also have a certain predatory ability, such as leaving the parasite and changing the parasite under special circumstances!

If the host is healthy when the fish lice leaves, there is no problem in continuing to survive, and without the parasitism of the fish lice, it will grow better, but without the fish tongue, but it doesn't matter much!

The larvae of the shrunken-headed fish lice first attach to the gills and grow into males; When mature, the shrunken lice become females and then mate on the gills. (Species of the family Hydrolicididae are usually hermaphrodites, which mature first in males) and then beat the females through.

Parasites generally refer to pathogenic lower eukaryotic organisms that carry diseases, and fish are known to have very parasites. **Is it harmful to the human body, is it possible to transfer to humans, such as the smallest creatures, but these bugs may not be the smallest, the top ten fish parasites, it is possible to transfer to humans.

Not belonging to fish, it is one of the oldest vertebrates on Earth, with sharp teeth in its mouth, piercing a hole and sucking the blood that flows from its wounds, and is one of the common marine parasites.

Living a parasitic life, this fish has particularly developed senses, usually burrowing into the gills of large fish, hooking with spines, sucking the blood of the fish, swimming very fast, simply terrifying, one of the terrible parasitic fish.

Probably the most famous parasite, it is currently found in all the world's oceans, attaching itself to fish, turtles or amphibians. Leeches are characterized by breathing through the pores of **, have two hearts, and are very resistant to environmental pollution.

Silver pearl fish generally parasitizes the digestive tract of sea cucumbers, avoiding predators, and is a harmful parasite for sea cucumbers.

Also known as tongue-eating insects, they enter the host's mouth through the gills and suck the blood of the fish's tongue until they shrink, and the fish lice will replace the missing organs and change from parasitism to symbiosis, which is a special case and is one of the common marine parasites.

In addition to many predators, crabs are targeted by crustacean parasites, which reproduce rapidly, have "broken legs" in their limbs, and have to take care of the eggs of these parasites, which is one of the common marine parasites.

This parasite can affect almost all marine animals, from the smallest (sponges) to the largest (cetaceans), and they use special methods to stick to their hosts and can be anywhere in the host. It has been found in the glasses of a whale that from birth to death of the whale is one of the common marine parasites.

This aquatic parasite can be present in several hosts and can also be referred to as a migratory parasite. At first, it is in the belly of a bird, excreted with feces, eaten by a snail, and finally eaten by a small fish, and the fish is eaten by a bird, and it has been circulating like this, and it is one of the common marine parasites.

This tiny parasite is mainly attached to freshwater fish **, with a sharp hook, the parasite can release a liquid that can dissolve the skin of the fish, and the parasite will suck up the substance that dissolves the fish **, which may seriously lead to the extinction of the fish, and is one of the common parasites.

It is one of the common parasites that we are familiar with, roundworms parasitize the small intestines of large mammals, have millions of eggs in the feces of the host, are devoured by crustaceans, and then swallowed by large predators, and finally eaten by mammals, and are one of the common parasites.

Fish that are completely parasitic by the fish lice are likely to survive after being freed from the parasite. The reason why it is possible to survive is that some fish that are small in size, or have too many parasites, will inevitably die after leaving the parasites. For those fish with fewer parasites and a relatively moderate body size, if they completely leave these parasites, they will only lose part of their nutrients and tongue.

Fish are fine when they lack their own tongues, and it can even be said that fish will live better without this parasite.

1. The parasitic method of the shrink-headed fish lice is also called a tongue-eating worm, mainly because it is parasitic on the tongue of fish. In juveniles, the parasite begins to seek a host and enters the gills or tongue of fish through the water early. He attaches himself to the tongue of the fish, mainly relying on the tongue to suck the blood of the fish, or to suck up some of the fish's oral secretions.

The parasite will not leave until he has atrophied the whole tongue, and he will hook his foot to the back of the tongue, thus acting as the tongue of the fish.

2. Their parasitic relationshipIf the fish has a small number of such parasites in their bodies, then one or two will not affect their growth. However, once the number increases, it may be due to excessive dependence on the blood and secretions of the fish, resulting in a large decline in the fish body, and even difficulty breathing. Even at this time, he is not free of the parasite, which may lead to the death of the fish.

If there are fewer parasites, the fish can completely detach themselves from it and will be more self-conscious.

From the parasitic relationship at the beginning, to the symbiotic relationship later, in fact, two organisms can also exist and live together with each other. Fish can live after being separated from the parasite, but the parasite cannot live after being separated from the fish.

To a certain extent, if there is a mutually beneficial phenomenon between the two, it will have an impact after leaving, and if it is a predatory relationship, it is the right choice to leave.

It depends on what kind of biological relationship the two belong to.

Fish lice with reduced head, scientific name Cymothoa exigua. In terms of biological classification, the fish lice belongs to the genus Ichlid of the family Rhizididae, which belongs to the family Rhizididae of the phylum Arthropods, and is a kind of crustacean. It enters the mouth of the fish when it is larvae and sucks the blood of the fish through the tongue of the fish until the tongue of the fish atrophies.

Then connect its own tail with the fish tongue that has atrophied to work instead of the fish tongue, from parasitism to symbiosis.

Ah, I'm not advertising, but I'm watching a movie called "Bay of Terror", a biohazard horror movie, about the ...... of "shrinking head fish lice turning into nuclear radiation aliens" that infects humans and leads to the destruction of the townAlthough it's just a movie, it's really weird, and I only learned about this bug after watching this. Visually it will not parasitize on the human body at present, as long as it is not the "mutant" in the movie, the shrink-headed fish lice are to suck blood on the gills of the fish to feed on the larval stage, people do not have gills, so they cannot parasitize the human body, but it is better not to eat inexplicable things, and it is not a big problem to burn them.

If the parasite has completely destroyed the nerves of the fish, then it cannot live.

No, it is a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship between living things.

Although there is no tongue, it does not prevent the fish from living better.

Not only will it live, but it will be well nourished.

Of course you can live, and you can even live better.

A parasitic fish can still survive without parasites, but if it is a parasite, it will die.

It should not be able to survive, because she is a parasitic creature after all.

It must be able to survive because it is only parasitic and does not affect its own organs.

Fish that are completely parasitized will not live long even if they are free from parasites.

It is true that he can survive, because he is only parasitized, and his survival does not depend on these things.

I think it must not be, because the two are interdependent, so without it you can't continue to live.

Yes, because it's a parasite, and without it, there's the next one.

I don't think I can live anymore, because they've merged together.

Of course he can survive, he just cleans up the grassroots relationship, but it doesn't mean that he also has to rely on it.