Thursday, July 11, 2013

The stuff that nightmares are made of.

This is a lamprey, Petromyzon marinus and it's a parasite found in most every ocean. I don't know about you, but as an avid swimmer who doesn't like lakes because of the odd encounter with a leech,  I may never swim again after seeing this. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a puddle under my chair to clean up and a person to defriend on my Facebook account now that I can never sleep or take a bath again.
Seriously, God. WTF?

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 2:13 PM

    Well just thanks. Showers, the answer is showers. Yuk.
    Then there are the pizzen sea snakes in the S. PAC.
    Terry
    Fla.

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  2. BobJuly 11, 2013 at 2:17 PM

    Remember the eelskin wallet craze of the early 1990's? You're looking at the source of the eels, right there. Lampreys and the very similar Hagfish.

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  3. Paul, Dammit!July 11, 2013 at 7:40 PM

    Hagfish I can handle. I've handled a few dead fish and had them open up to show off the buried treasure. They're gross, but respond positively to being washed overboard after I scream like a little girl.

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  4. HTJuly 11, 2013 at 8:44 PM

    Thats why I am a Pool person...never know whats lurking around under you in the ocean or in lakes.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 15, 2013 at 6:06 AM

    Thanks, and I just learned that they're in the great lakes as well.

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