Cymothoa exigua

[DeeBye]

In Japan, they like to eat those things. I read about that in a book. They cook the fish up whole, with that nasty thing right there in its mouth, and then everybody around the table at the meal decides in one form or another who gets the tasty treat. And then that person plucks it out of the mouth and it's it.

Just pops it in their mouth, shell and all, and crunches it up.

Now pardon me while I go blow chunks.
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I betcha it tastes great. I've never met an ocean crusatacean that I didn't like. It probably tastes like a shrimp.