consultants are sandburs

Friday, March 25, 2011

Biology. A break in a thread. Something different from neighboring posts.

Here is an image explaining how a lamprey parasitizes a fish.



Here is a picture of the attachment mechanism, whereby the lamprey is nearly impossible to unattach.



Here are two images of an active parasitism, and the devastation of lamprey attachment.


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