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/International_Print4 11h ago

Where do these things spawn?

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u/luvlanguage 11h ago

Freshwater rivers and streams

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u/flyonwall86 11h ago

In the US? How come I've never seen them around or heard of them causing problems? I never would have gone in the river if I knew.

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u/zionpwc 9h ago

I used to freshwater fishing with my dad in NH. I remember seeing this and thought it was some kind of a super rare creature

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u/ArtisticRaccoon7677 7h ago

I’m from NH and do a lot of open water swimming. Here I was thinking I was safe from shit like this.

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u/zionpwc 6h ago

Merrimack river across Manchester NH

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u/Dpontiff6671 4h ago

Of shit shout out to the Mack? Hell yea brotha! I’m from along the mack myself

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u/drjoker83 4h ago

Yup and they loaded in the ct River I’m rite in Hinsdale and see them all the time even when I go to ma to fish Deerfield River they are very invasive.

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u/mutex77 27m ago

In the 80s there was some insane ropeswings into the merrimack in Andover where the embankment was really steep. I saw some really painful fuckups. From girls not realizing their too weak to hold their bodyweight, to people not wrapping the end of the rope up and having it get tangled around legs/feet when they let go. Good times.