Tuna-dwelling creature could either be tongue-eating louse or tiny crab

The weeks-long quest to identify a tiny creature that made a surprise appearance in a British woman's can of tuna may be nearing an end.

Zoe Butler was more than a little taken aback when she opened the can of Princes tuna chunks to find a small set of eyes staring up at her

"I opened the top of the lid and saw a purply thing, a gut sack or intestine — then I turned it round and pushed it with a fork and saw it looking back at me,” she told the Nottingham Post. "It's got like a spiny tail along the bottom –- it's quite grim."

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