Aquarium spokesperson Akiko Tsuchihashi told us that despite its “very cute” appearance, the isopod is a fish parasite that must “suck blood to live.”
A marine organism discovered by a fisherman off the coast of Japan resembles a piece of salmon sushi.Hold the wasabi. That piece of salmon nigiri may not be suitable for digestion.
At the time of this writing, more than 28,000 Twitter users had engaged with a July 19, 2021, post shared to Twitter byIn an email to Snopes, aquarium spokesperson Akiko Tsuchihashi said that experts believe the specimen has been formally described by the scientific community. But without a dissection, they are not able to determine its precise species. As Vice, an animal without a backbone commonly known as isopods.
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