Sentences with phrase «long lampreys»
Metre - long lampreys, which have long been endangered in the UK, are starting to return to their former habitats thanks to innovative conservation
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An even smaller tag is being developed for juvenile eels and lamprey, and a longer - lasting tag was made for juvenile sturgeon last year.
The tags emit tiny beeps that are recorded by underwater receivers and are designed to track many different species of fish including long - living fish such as sturgeon and migratory species of concern such as eel and lamprey.
And indeed the 50 - centimeter - long, eellike creatures can wreak havoc on freshwater communities when they invade from the sea, with a single sea lamprey able to kill 18 kilograms of fish in its lifetime.
Lampreys may have gone parasitic early in the history of vertebrates and so have had a long time to evolve their vampiric specializations.