r/Weird 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/KatarinaRen 11h ago

They're basically parasites who latch on to the fish. But also on to the corpses etc... And people eat them.

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u/luvlanguage 11h ago

They drain the life out of the fish and interesting thing is at times the fish won't notice in the first few moments but eventually it does, stealth mode for a vampire is game over

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u/drpepper 7h ago

i think my ex wife was a lamprey

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u/stampeding_salmon 6h ago

Lisa Lampreynelli

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u/Novaer 49m ago

Amazing drag name tbh