A strange fish
Sep 08, 2021
3 minutes
CLOUDS hung low over the Owen-duff River in Ireland’s Co Mayo when, after a lengthy wait, fisher-woman Miriam Moore landed her first salmon of the season. On its flanks were several large, circular wounds. She recognised the sign at once: the double-fanged mark of the lamprey.
With good reason, the lamprey is known as the vampire of fish. It seeks out other fish and latches onto them with its circular, jaw-less mouth, ringed with rows
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