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title: "Bizarre Sea Lamprey"  
description: "A short explanation of the bizarre sea creatures Lamprey"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-22  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2612/bizarre-sea-lamprey  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Facts", "general knowledge", "Lamprey"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Bizarre Sea Lamprey

![Bizarre Sea Lamprey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4110badc-0270-4169-a36f-0fd3c8df9cf6/images/c8afdbab-bd07-4d99-a5d2-dd05a902573e.jpeg) ![Bizarre Sea Lamprey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4110badc-0270-4169-a36f-0fd3c8df9cf6/images/9a4e9b2c-09c1-48fc-96e0-2027076368ef.jpeg) The marine lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a strange organism that has been alive for almost 500 million years. ![Bizarre Sea Lamprey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4110badc-0270-4169-a36f-0fd3c8df9cf6/images/22ae5678-ea58-4358-89c1-08cc76fac12c.jpeg) They have an eel-like body with a sucker mouth full of sharp fangs. ![Bizarre Sea Lamprey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4110badc-0270-4169-a36f-0fd3c8df9cf6/images/bf199644-1350-4156-942f-0f12ceadf800.jpeg) They are parasites that attach themselves to other fish and suck their blood. ![Bizarre Sea Lamprey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4110badc-0270-4169-a36f-0fd3c8df9cf6/images/e9176533-27aa-4d92-82fc-8f0cf414bd80.jpeg) They have the ability to go months without eating. ![Bizarre Sea Lamprey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4110badc-0270-4169-a36f-0fd3c8df9cf6/images/b87f1363-5295-43c4-8b56-2a49fbd34725.jpeg) They can live for up to 20 years and grow to be three feet long.

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