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Meet The Ancient And Adorable Pacific Lamprey

Using its jawless mouth as a big suction cup, Pacific lamprey can migrate from oceans to freshwater breeding grounds, like this group moving through Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River earlier this summer. While they can’t jump over obstacles like fish, if there is a smooth surface to attach to, Pacific lamprey can even climb up waterfalls. The ancient, eel-like anadromous fish plays an important role in West Coast rivers and streams as ecosystem engineers and food web champions. Several Tribes

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