Fish that feeds on whales!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <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 /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z6rceVjAH3LE2OeQ_yLi57UzQnDFUY-rSSFdAc5N73a5gcb-sNKpOYW6B8KXSpnxIDucvKXbRzcPsoabKR4k9r1_VMbKz3Dd7kf1R9A1D_yykp3-tVyXXQMQbR6cEvCeVK10VsRRVu8/s1600/hGXtdT0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z6rceVjAH3LE2OeQ_yLi57UzQnDFUY-rSSFdAc5N73a5gcb-sNKpOYW6B8KXSpnxIDucvKXbRzcPsoabKR4k9r1_VMbKz3Dd7kf1R9A1D_yykp3-tVyXXQMQbR6cEvCeVK10VsRRVu8/s1600/hGXtdT0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <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 /> <br /> BBC | animal | fish | blood sucking | feeds on whale </div>

Fish that feeds on whales!!

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Sea lampreys are parasitic fish that feed on others' blood, attaching to the skin with a suction-cup like mouth. Blood-sucking sea lampreys feed on prey as big as minke whales, according to new research. Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) are known t… Read more »

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