Invasive “vampire fish” on killing spree in Great Lakes

[@Francois_Dupont]

those have been around for a long time and they are native to canada. *they look a bit like politicians dont they?*

[@bobwoods1302]

They're not native to the Great Lakes.

[@Francois_Dupont]

@@bobwoods1302 yes they are. they have been first "discovered" in 1835, but that doesnt mean they weren't there previously. just like when you discover a fossil, it doesnt mean it has just started existing there when you picked it up. in the 1800's the science were just starting and many many things were just starting to happen. no electricity, no car and no radio. people could have seen them in the 1600's, but without proper records you cannot say. -how would they have been imported in 1835? you cannot blame ship ballast -the indigenous were mainly keeping oral records, were they investigated for their version of the Lamproie story? -those fish are known to migrate from the sea to rivers and lakes, why do you claim they do not belong there? are you anti-science?

[@spartak9101]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

[@reggieshark]

Enough internet for today 😅

[@claygerard-ys1hi]

I'm never swimming again

[@FlickerWanderfoot-rm4em]

Fun Fact: there actually is a horror movie about lampreys, it's called blood lake (i think).

[@dm5129]

I think I am going back to watching cat babies.

[@Jokerjaxs]

Anything to try and scare people. So they call it vampire 😂

[@NamelessNonameNoname]

I’m sure they can be used for food right?; food for us or chum feed for fish farms?

[@billyboy4797]

Lamprey chowder.

[@maryjeanjones7569]

Grew up in Atlantic Canada and we had lampreys in our rivers due to Atlantic Salmon. When swimming, as kids, we use to swim under water so as to look out for the lampreys.

[@northboy7996]

@@tylerjordan6969yea I care too! 😮

[@alwaysyouramanda]

@@tylerjordan6969if you’re mean to people, they’re just gonna be mean right back. I hope your parents learn to lighten up. You still deserve love.

[@chrissyk3783]

TylerJordan needs to go to the library at his elementary school and get a book on respect and learn social skills. Poor boy wasnt taught right by his mom and dad. He will probably puke back at me but he obviously doesnt know any better

[@patrickcowan8701]

Vampire fish on killing spree. When does it come out in theaters. Been like 60 years since the creature from the black lagoon.

[@bobwoods1302]

I guess you didn't bother watching story.

[@spartak9101]

You mean Volodymyr Zelenskyy ? Movie is already out on Netflix 🍿

[@wc4109]

These suckers (literally) look like eels.. if they taste the same, should fish them for sushi restaurants, popular for Unagi...

[@vincevincent6984]

🤮 seafood 🤮

[@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038]

Sea lamprey doesn't taste like fish at all, but the texture resembles the slow-cooked beefsteak in my dad's stew.

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

​@@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038 ...so, what's your verdict, then?

[@Stardusted1]

Sea lamprey! Nothing new for the lakes, they’ve been trying for decades. The cockroaches of the sea.

[@lynneanthony168]

Well that's pretty gross....

[@alwaysyouramanda]

“Cautious optimism” will be our downfall.

[@Ubernewb111]

What a hellspawn of a fish

[@Abaddon231]

Lampreys have always been in the great lakes Some years they come out in strength I read an old readers digest article from the 80s about a triathlon swimmer being attacked by them .. This is nothing new

[@delicious_seabass]

I remember seeing one of these as a kid while fishing with my dad for salmon in the creek. Scared the bejeezus out of me.

[@waves42069]

did your dad kill it

[@trilla4863]

Why does the thumbnail look like a gang photo 😂

[@boblee6101]

Get your booster to reduce their numbers

[@polar1897]

Hear me out

[@xeero24]

I’m sure banning plastic straws will solve this issue.

[@ricardoescobedo5420]

I'm peruvian, just give lemon, onions, salt, pepper.. you'll see

[@PNWJEEPER01]

Eat them. They're in the rivers on the West Coast and are known to be a staple traditional food of indigenous people. Just last week the Yakima had their annual Lamprey harvest ceremony at Willamette Falls.

[@Progressive_Canadian]

Do they taste good? If so let's eat them. That's how we decimate other species isn't it?

[@Cosmic.cougar]

Are they edible?

[@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038]

Yes, and a great source of omega-3 fatty acids.

[@humbertsmith8864]

God...what a way to go. Great metaphor re: my first marriage.

[@lanak.809]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Lisa1111]

Dear God

[@Rakki_Haitatsu]

Clean them up, season, batter and deep fry them 😂

[@v.cotoiu3568]

but how do you catch them?

[@spartak9101]

Just like the Ukropest government

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

​@@v.cotoiu3568 ...with trawler nets, I presume

[@isaacmontecillo7948]

​@@v.cotoiu3568By fishing net.

[@MayThereBeWorldPeace]

Yikes how gross and how scary is that? They've been around for decades?? No one mentioned if they latch onto humans but I guess that's a given!😨

[@PhilWernette]

They don't attach to humans. They've been in the Great Lakes for well over a decade now causing issues with the food web.

[@MayThereBeWorldPeace]

@@PhilWernette Thank goodness!!

[@Coolative]

@@PhilWernette yea im going to door county in a few weeks and when i saw this on the news i almost had a heart attack 🤣

[@MisterEvvvSymphoenix]

There's a KZbin channel about a guy who lets creepy things bite him, and he tried it with lampreys. They hurt, but didn't puncture his skin. They didn't seem very interested in a human, and/or they couldn't easily puncture his skin. Maybe they're not designed to handle humans.

[@MayThereBeWorldPeace]

@@MisterEvvvSymphoenix Thanks, I'll check it out. Maybe they'd want a bite with a big squirt of ketchup!

[@lesliewheeler7071]

Disgusting!! 😬

[@chantalrochon3566]

What about making dog or cat food out of the lampreys …. Could finance jobs .😊

[@O6i]

That's horrific

[@marcinhibner9507]

SMOKED SEA LAMPREY RESTAURANT ON THE LAKE AAAAAAHHHHHH :)

[@korky7674]

These invasive fish are here to enrich and strengthen our lakes, similar to what’s happening in our communities..

[@mistyl1987]

We stopped evolving in 2012 for sure, maybe earlier.

[@1982kinger]

Theres a research team that is working to reduce then by erasing scents at their spawn points

[@marcinhibner9507]

Dehydrate them smoke style with less then flavour smoked so it's not to strong but have array of from natural to strong smoked array of flavor and strength of flavors and take oils out and it tastes really great and oils dropp off style and if they have great amounts of Lamprey's they can use oil for other uses place a sticker an whaaalaaa cash cash cash like gold industry in Canada

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

...English is hard for you?

[@BoppityBoopy]

Wow!

[@metalslugfan708]

You're forgetting something, they are not choosers. We too can become their food.

[@Ryanhelpmeunderstand]

Jesus Christ is returning soon. Have you noticed what is going on around the world? Even nature itself is starting to turn into hateful commotion as well.

[@Snowflakes_13200]

Petromyzone 😢

[@TinaMarie-qb5rq]

holy crap! ok, i have zero desire to ever swim in any lake ever again!

[@ytmndan]

Not going skinny dipping, that's for sure.

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

...they are not in lakes with no outlet to the sea/ocean

[@necrolicious]

is that thing horrible enough that we can wipe it out without hippies going crazy?

[@spartak9101]

Look they found Vlodimir Zelenskyy ..

[@glengarbera7367]

Aren't they a delicacy around the great rivers of Europe. Anybody?

[@matthewdickinson2977]

As a kid in June it was a favourite pass time going up and down the creek with pitch forks hunting them

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

...are they edible? (Does anyone know, here?)

[@Ellaissoooocoolomgomgomg]

@@ahashdahnagila6884yes, they are😭

[@NOT-A-Monolith]

​@@Ellaissoooocoolomgomgomgno they're are not they have parasites lmfao why lie and make stuff up

[@hypercube717]

Stop being dishonest. Use the same measures you used before you "relaxed" your approach.

[@erynkrieger1279]

Im not going swimming there.

[@mercy3219]

Are they good to eat?

[@Paul_425]

Nature will balance it out eventually, enjoy the show.

[@Alien.Musk666]

Grilled or smoked they are delicacy 1 would be 3€-4€ here in Finland🇫🇮

[@kellypawspa]

Ugh... Humunculous.... All over again. 😮

[@darkglass3011]

Are these things edible? If so, there could be a profitable market for these things that would also help curb population too.

[@loezha6794]

All we need to figure that out is a Chinese scientist

[@kellincakubica277]

@@loezha6794 or Google it....

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

...I was thinking the same thing.

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

​@@loezha6794 ...one from Wuhan?

[@NOT-A-Monolith]

​@@kellincakubica277yeah he was being sarcastic but you can't eat them they have parasites similar to bears meat where it eats your brain and eventually die years and years later

[@GodWeenSatan]

This is old news. They have been around forever

[@DanielMartinez-o7y]

I swear thats the same so called fish that is in the alien movie 😮

[@richard09able]

So if they can eliminate 95% why not 100% ?

[@whathandleUtalkabt]

Nasty 🤮

[@AlexusYoung-t5k]

We won't prepare for it until it's too late but what are americans and canadians going to do when all five Great Lakes start to all overflow (floods)???? The Gulf Jet stream will not help eastern canada and the states. But since we are a western nation and we're a part of NATO let's NOT worry about it!?! It can't happen to us!!!!

[@MrReymoclif714]

Lake Champlain is loaded with these vampires.

[@jackyali3323]

ITS A GOU 'OULD AND ITS MOTHER SHIP HAVE COME😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Joe-li3zj]

Wonder what they do with all those live lampreys. They’re not inedible, and what else would I do with thousands of pounds of fish meat

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

...feed the ground up lamprey "flesh" to your cat.

[@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038]

It's a lamprey not a "vampire fish" & it's been in the lakes for decades.

[@gianzua5727]

A parassite that must be eliminate...in Italy we have 0 but catfishes are a big problem

[@spartak9101]

Its Volodymyr Zelenskyy not a lamprey…

[@dufty9485]

Great fishing bait

[@adamg5780]

Can we eat them?

[@romanceenthusiasm7972]

WHY would god create such a monstrosity or was it LAB created?

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

Are lamprey fish edible? Or, are they just trash fish? (Are they even "fish"?)

[@oh_k8]

I think they're a type of eel.

[@Nautical-g3c]

BROUGHT IN FROM TEL AVIV

[@gtigrl7522]

I'm sure there are some people who will eat that..

[@spartak9101]

Just eat ? 👀

[@cromdaleblvd4677]

can we eat them?

[@MuggleBiff]

Just leave the water and see who wins the fight for the king of the lake. Maybe the fish would get stronger if they had to fend for themselves. Maybe we're doing harm to the fish by protecting them, eventually they will have forgotten how to protect themselves. Let em fight.

[@lanak.809]

I thought the same, let the nature figure out it itself. Things in nature always come to an equilibrium. Either the fish will get immune to these lamp-rays or new parasites for laprays will emerge.

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

...fish will protect themselves when they grow limbs and hands

[@markmoreno7295]

Lamprey pie?

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Wow, humanity is responsible right?! WE are the horror film!

[@coles3s]

Really!!!!!! This is what yall came up with. 😂 OMG

[@da_upperechelon1054]

So is this slither or dream catcher ?

[@Jorge_Apollo]

I see so excited order 66 on them.

[@ingridgrattidge5887]

Gross. 😢

[@Sasha-vr8wm]

They dye our creek to get rid of them here in wny even in creeks inland, crazy. I stepped on one as a kid and havent forgot it 😂

[@Mr-gi6rc]

I found one in Gilroy CA in 2002

[@sparkimusmcfeely5131]

They eat them in Europe...Is said that they taste like Calamari

[@traumakampfcreature]

They're on the pacific side too lol

[@ArnethProductions]

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[@MERZBOAT]

Reintroduce British diets to lower Ontario, they love eating Lamprey

[@mattdobbs-dr2rt]

Nasty creatures

[@davidevans6618]

Like the government's investors.

[@wildandliving]

So native in the Atlantic Ocean... spawn in rivers and streams.. wait isn't the great lake connected to the Atlantic Ocean.... making them native and not an invasive species

[@billyboy4797]

Before the canals and seaway was built, They were unable to swim up Niagara Falls.

[@MatthewDelisle-o9h]

Make a great tattoo to save prisoners from unconventional non consenting love making

[@Assistedsoul]

Let’s all start eating lamprey pies there tasty let’s do thisss

[@L_Tagg]

Is this the type of vampire creature that scientists recently named after joe biden?

[@user-ur5yg3cx8t]

im not lying people i searched justin trudeau and got this

[@Roofers-Nail-Hardest]

I searched “Justin Trudeau” and this was the 4th video down 😂😆🤣

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

😬

[@bearbones4347]

Lmao 🤣 🤣 look a dinosour..

[@Vesa-MattiKallio]

Its very good fish to eat

[@onlyfacts4999]

japanese will eat it for sushi

[@sdriza]

make great sushi

[@c1b8]

REDUCE THEM? GET RID OF IT FULLY WHAT U TALKING ABOUT REDUCE THEM ? GET RID OF IT ALL

[@JohnDoe-ur7ri]

805

[@DarylSinghh]

Nasty

[@watchutub]

Alien babies.

[@drew4863]

COVID strikes again

[@emporergrimes]

Graboids

[@shawnb8658]

Feed Trudeau to them!

[@spartak9101]

Zelenskyy

[@spartak9101]

Look they found Volodymyr Zelenskyy