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The Skeptics Guide #851 - Oct 30 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Ramora Slash Excrement

The parasite is basicly a tongue, but it doesn't eat any of the fish food. It eats the mucus that's in the mouth, which sounds to me only slightly better than shark excrement,. But hey, who am i to judge? Scientists say that this phenomenon is not uncommon. These ese paracites are commonly found in the mouths of sea trout and some snappers species as well.

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