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 ...
Daily Mail

'Alien-like' parasitic wasp that sucks blood from its host before eating it from the inside out is discovered in the Amazon

An 'alien-like' parasitic wasp that sucks blood from its host before eating it from the inside out has been discovered in the Amazon. Scientists at Utah State University identified the new genus while ...
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 ...