Irish Sun

Blood-sucking ‘Alien’ parasite eats fish from inside out before exploding out of its body like the horror film

A BLOOD-sucking parasite has been found to eat fish from the inside before exploding out of their body – just like the horror film Alien. The blood-sucker is one of 24 new species of the killer ...
The Sun

Stunned fisherman finds tongue-eating parasite ‘like a blue-eyed alien’ staring out from inside the mouth of a 6lb fish

SEE the moment a shocked fisherman finds a “tongue-eating” undiscovered parasite living in the mouth of a fish, captured in a spine-chilling photograph. The victim six-pound carpenter fish was ...
ITV

Parasite nicknamed 'monster in a barrel' and inspired Alien films found on Isles of Scilly

A parasite believed to have inspired the 'Alien' films has been found off the Isles of Scilly. The phronima sedentaria — nicknamed "monster in a barrel" — was spotted on Porthcressa beach by Scott ...
The Mirror

Horrific wasps use other bodies like ‘real life alien movie’ parasites

These horrific wasps behave like something out of the plot of sci-fi horror film Alien right in our own back gardens. The wasps use unsuspecting prey to farm their young. Their pulsating bodies push ...