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Do lampreys swim

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Yes, because lampreys are jawless fishes with tooth, funnel-like sucking mouth. While lampreys are well known for those species which bore into the flesh of other fish to suck their blood, these species make up the minority.

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