#lampreys

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

SURPRISE! Double feature of my underrated faves: lampreys and lungfish! <3333

[bogleech]

Source is SHARKEEE ON TWITTER who posts tons of original amazing wildlife shots and videos but I needed to show you what lamprey look like mating, you won’t regret it especially not when one of them is still so worked up it starts swinging a boulder around with its face

[incendavery]

recommended pride activity: going to the local fish elevator with your friends and losing your minds every time a lamprey swims by the viewing window

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[shiftythrifting]

An aggressively quilted couch

Vintage dolls

An educational pamphlet about Pacific lampreys

It's about quilting, I swear

Austin, TX

[patheticmosasaur1]

today's vertebrate.........geotria australis

geotria australis has a big beautiful pouch near his mouth, which he uses for storing his fancy rock collection! he's got many kinds of rocks in there, and it would take me many lifetimes to list even a fraction of them!

don't worry though, the comical amount of rocks inside his sack doesn't impede him from enjoying his other hobbies in any way

shlompiness rating: sack

illustration by W.Wing (?)

what an animal. this might be the animal of all time

[a-book-of-creatures]

Ok but the coat of arms of Nakkila is awesome

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Chordata

Myxiniformes. This order is known as hagfish, jawless fish which release slime from their skin to protect themselves from predators. They are the only known living species to have a skull but no vertebral column.

Petromyzontiformes. This order is known as lampreys, which have a toothed funnel-like sucking mouth.

Which clade of animals is better?

Myxiniformes

Petromyzontiformes

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Voting ended onJan 26, 2024

[rebeccathenaturalist]

I will never not love lampreys. I went to the Oregon Zoo recently for a friend's birthday party, and got to see this impressive pile of jawless, ancient fish. Sure, maybe they're not as charismatic as salmon, but they benefit from dam removal and habitat restoration just the same. Do it for the salmon and the lampreys!