'Vampire fish' gorged on Great Lakes trout until the invasive species was subdued

Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 09:10 in Biology & Nature

A sea lamprey has no jaw, no proper teeth and no bones. Yet this predator can attach like a suction cup to a fish 100 times its size, use its tongue to burrow a hole into its side, liquefy its tissues and eat it.

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