The Sun

Skin-crawling moment parasitic worm bursts from the body of a dead praying mantis

Experts believe the peculiar parasite had been eating the insect alive from inside THIS is the stomach churning moment a parasite bursts out of stricken bug – like a scene straight out of the classic ...
The Sun

Blood-sucking ‘Alien’ parasite eats fish from inside out before exploding out of its body like the horror film

A BLOOD-sucking parasite has been found to eat fish from the inside before exploding out of their body – just like the horror film Alien. The blood-sucker is one of 24 new species of the killer ...
Daily Mail

In Spain, no one can hear you scream: Mediterranean fish under threat from gruesome 'Alien' parasite which eats their tongues then lives in their mouths

A gruesome ‘Alien-like’ parasite which eats the tongues of bream and then 'replaces' them in its victims mouths is spreading in the Mediterranean. Almost half the fish in some areas are infected with ...
Irish Sun

Blood-sucking ‘Alien’ parasite eats fish from inside out before exploding out of its body like the horror film

The blood-sucker is one of 24 new species of the killer parasite Cymothoa exigua which stays alive by feeding on its host from the inside. A blood-sucking parasite has been found to eat fish from the ...