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Fish that feeds on whales!!

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<span style="font-size: large;">Sea lampreys are parasitic fish that feed on others' blood, attaching to the skin with a suction-cup like mouth.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Blood-sucking sea lampreys feed on prey as big as minke whales, according to new research.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) are known to feed on a wide variety of fish using a funnel-like mouth filled with teeth and a razor-like tongue.
In the past lamprey teeth-marks have been identified on whale and porpoise bodies.
Sea lampreys have also been photographed attached to Pacific humpback and North Atlantic right whales.</span><br />
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