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Elise Poore

Scientists capture footage of bizarre deep-sea creature with parasite pig tails

A rattail deep sea fish swims close the sea floor with two parasitic copepods attached to its head.

Shocking new footage shows a pair of bloodsucking parasites latched onto the head of a deep-sea rattail fish.

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