Beware! Tongue Eaters

There is this rare parasite which burrows into host fish before eating and replacing their tongues with itself has been found off the Jersey coast.

The man who found it, Mt Chambers has this to say.

"Really quite large, really quite hideous - if you turn it over its got dozens of these really sharp, nasty claws underneath and I thought 'that's a bit of a nasty beast'.

"I struggled for weeks to find an identification for this thing until, quite by chance I stumbled across something that looked similar in a Victorian journal.

"Apparently there's not too much ill effect to the fish itself except it's lost its tongue."

Experts at the University of Southampton confirmed that the creature was an isopod and that there had been several sightings of them in Cornwall in 1996.
Mr Chambers added: "It doesn't affect humans other than if you do actually come across a live one and try and pick it up - they are quite vicious, they will deliver a good nip."

Some Things I found at the Central Market

Yes, we were early.There was no other place to go and so we went to the Central Market.

So what did I find? You have seen all those pictures of Chinese gods in my earlier post.

So let us look at the other shots I took.


Traditional Nyonya Slippers

Traditional Violins

Candy Floss


Magazine Covers. Cheryl Chung look fetching!

Petaling Street and Its Environs

One of two main Entrances to Petaling Street

H. S.Lee Road adjacent Petaling Street

The UDA-Ocean Supermarket Block just on the corner of Petaling Street

The Dayabumi Building Looming in the near Distant

Yes, its Petaling Street-the haven of the tourists. Unlike Portabello Road in London,tourists come here specifically for imitation designer goods. You can never get such goods galore in a Western country.

In the morning hours,though it is rather quiet. The hustle and bustle of the evenings has yet to come. The morning market is generally slow and pretty quiet. The food stalls being put up early are to cater for those going to work. Cooked food in many varieties are placed alongside the roads. Here, you can get yam cakes, a cup of tea as well as porridge with Chinese croissants as well as Western breakfast and tim sum.

There will be a few cars moving in Petaling Street until the evening when they would not be let in anymore.

So, here I was just walking in the morning air. I took a few shots of the buildings around Petaling Street.