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A man was horrified after he discovered a Tongue-eating louse in fish bought at Tesco.
Rick Beattie, 32, bought a sea bass for dinner at Tesco. When he prepared the fish, he found an alien-like parasite protruding from the fish's mouth.
Beattie paid about $3.50 for the fish at his local supermarket in Belfast, Holywood, United kingdom. While he was cleaning the fish and shook it by the tail the louse popped out of the fish's mouth.
The parasite, destroys the tongue of the fish and then attaches itself to the stub of what was once its tongue and becomes the fish’s new tongue. Experts believe that fish are not harmful to humans unless picked up alive, in which case they can bite.
"Seeing that small creature coming out of the fish’s mouth must of been disturbing and disgusting. For me just seeing at it in a photo makes me not want to eat fish," William Nelson, 19, from Bath, United Kingdom told YourJewishNews.com.
A Tesco spokesman said: "We have very high standards of food quality. We and our suppliers have robust controls in place to ensure that the food meets the standards. We have asked Beattie to return the product , so we can start an urgent and thorough investigation with the supplier."
