Lamprey: The Vampire Fish

This carnivorous parasite slurps the life out of their victims with rings of sharp teeth. This is the lamprey.

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Meet the vampire of the world's waterways, found in a river or sea near you right now…

It has a mouth crammed full with concentric rings of hideous teeth, it latches onto prey animals and drinks their blood mercilessly (often draining them to death), and it’s living in a river, lake or sea near you. Meet the lamprey, one of Mother Nature’s nastier creations. The lamprey has been around, unpretty much unchanged, … Continued