But the worm's stylet isn't actually a tongue. Since you were curious enough to ask the question, I imagine you would be interested to know a bit more about worms and about tongues.

Some people think that worms have tongues because certain worms do have something in their mouth that they can poke out, like a tongue. It is called a “stylet” and it looks like a needle.

It may be pleasing to find out pentastomid parasites—or “tongue worms” as they are colloquially known—do not attach to the vertebrate tongue, they merely just look like one. A newly ...

The tongue worm is believed to be the ancestor of 140 species of present-day parasites that can be found in the respiratory systems of other creatures. "In fact, it's not a worm," Siveter said.

Watch: A big, green worm filmed on a dock in Taiwan gives the world the heebie-jeebies. Fishermen in Taiwan recently spotted a giant, bright-green worm waggling what looks like a pink tongue and ...