They may have caught parasites.
They vomited for hours after, the poor dears.
If only: Now they have a taste for RFK jr and nothing will stand in their way!
They’re the only ones left from before the appearance jaws, aside from hagfish, which are in many ways so simplified that they’d be misleading on their own. Not that lampreys aren’t specialized in their own ways. The whole feeding on blood thing is not primitive (and is only in adults; the young feed by straining plankton). But what they have in common with other vertebrates tells us a lot.
For comparison, the closest living things to us after them are tunicates like salps and sea squirts. That leaves a pretty big gap.
OMG did you say… hagfish?
This is the perfect thread for it:
Three cheers for a successfully slimy adaptation to defeat sharks that is also the most voluminous slimiest output ever.
I ain’t watching that video no way.
It’s the stuff Lovecraftian nightmares are made of.
Maybe next RFK jr could offer his arm to a Cookiecutter Shark.
RFK jr at the petting zoo.
I was once again reminded of King Kill 33 not the one by Marilyn Manson, Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare and this gate:
What amazed me is that the Russians created a funk that, despite being a rhythm created in the United States, is the sound of young people from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Even today, despite its success, funk is frowned upon by society.
Speaking of Brazilian music abroad, do you know that there is a metal band from Finland called Força Macabra? When I was younger I was surprised to know they Sing in Portuguese.
Oh, whatever Happened to Jordy?
Mustn’t have been much of a butt.