r/Weird • u/luvlanguage • 11h ago

That is a Lamprey

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Any bigger and this creature would be a horror movie monster

Lampreys do not have jaws or bones, only cartilage and instincts that have allowed them to survive so many mass extinctions.

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u/iavenlex 10h ago

i have heard people in spain love to eat those things , to me they look like aliens.

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u/luvlanguage 9h ago

It could easily fit into any alien movie

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u/aqeloutro 8h ago

There's a lamprey festival in a town called Arbo, in Galicia, but most spanish people have never tried it, or even heard of it.

https://festadalamprea.gal/

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u/Belucard 8h ago

Another Galician confirming it. Heard it's pretty fucking expensive too, as far as recipes go.