Invasive “vampire fish” on killing spree in Great Lakes

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Invasive “vampire fish” on killing spree in Great Lakes

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Жыл бұрын

The sea lamprey is an invasive species living in Canada's Great Lakes that had been kept under control for decades - until now.
The lampreys have experienced a surge in numbers, and it could have a devastating ecological and economic impact on the country’s biggest lakes.
Global's Erica Vella explains how the pandemic fuelled a population spike among the “vampire fish” and what's being done to stop them.
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@Francois_Dupont Жыл бұрын

those have been around for a long time and they are native to canada. *they look a bit like politicians dont they?*

@bobwoods1302 Жыл бұрын

They're not native to the Great Lakes.

@Francois_Dupont Жыл бұрын

@@bobwoods1302 yes they are. they have been first "discovered" in 1835, but that doesnt mean they weren't there previously. just like when you discover a fossil, it doesnt mean it has just started existing there when you picked it up. in the 1800's the science were just starting and many many things were just starting to happen. no electricity, no car and no radio. people could have seen them in the 1600's, but without proper records you cannot say. -how would they have been imported in 1835? you cannot blame ship ballast -the indigenous were mainly keeping oral records, were they investigated for their version of the Lamproie story? -those fish are known to migrate from the sea to rivers and lakes, why do you claim they do not belong there? are you anti-science?

@spartak9101 Жыл бұрын

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

@reggieshark Жыл бұрын

Enough internet for today 😅

@NapoleonBonaparteMAGA Жыл бұрын

😂

@claygerard-ys1hi Жыл бұрын

I'm never swimming again

@FlickerWanderfoot-rm4em Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: there actually is a horror movie about lampreys, it's called blood lake (i think).

@dm5129 Жыл бұрын

I think I am going back to watching cat babies.

@Jokerjaxs Жыл бұрын

Anything to try and scare people. So they call it vampire 😂

@NamelessNonameNoname Жыл бұрын

I’m sure they can be used for food right?; food for us or chum feed for fish farms?

@billyboy4797 Жыл бұрын

Lamprey chowder.

@trilla4863 Жыл бұрын

Why does the thumbnail look like a gang photo 😂

@wc4109 Жыл бұрын

These suckers (literally) look like eels.. if they taste the same, should fish them for sushi restaurants, popular for Unagi...

@vincevincent6984 Жыл бұрын

🤮 seafood 🤮

@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038 Жыл бұрын

Sea lamprey doesn't taste like fish at all, but the texture resembles the slow-cooked beefsteak in my dad's stew.

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

@@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038 ...so, what's your verdict, then?

@patrickcowan8701 Жыл бұрын

Vampire fish on killing spree. When does it come out in theaters. Been like 60 years since the creature from the black lagoon.

@bobwoods1302 Жыл бұрын

I guess you didn't bother watching story.

@spartak9101 Жыл бұрын

You mean Volodymyr Zelenskyy ? Movie is already out on Netflix 🍿

@Ubernewb111 Жыл бұрын

What a hellspawn of a fish

@lynneanthony168 Жыл бұрын

Well that's pretty gross....

@maryjeanjones7569 Жыл бұрын

Grew up in Atlantic Canada and we had lampreys in our rivers due to Atlantic Salmon. When swimming, as kids, we use to swim under water so as to look out for the lampreys.

@northboy7996 Жыл бұрын

@@tylerjordan6969yea I care too! 😮

@alwaysyouramanda Жыл бұрын

@@tylerjordan6969if you’re mean to people, they’re just gonna be mean right back. I hope your parents learn to lighten up. You still deserve love.

@chrissyk3783 Жыл бұрын

TylerJordan needs to go to the library at his elementary school and get a book on respect and learn social skills. Poor boy wasnt taught right by his mom and dad. He will probably puke back at me but he obviously doesnt know any better

@alwaysyouramanda Жыл бұрын

“Cautious optimism” will be our downfall.

@PNWJEEPER01 Жыл бұрын

Eat them. They're in the rivers on the West Coast and are known to be a staple traditional food of indigenous people. Just last week the Yakima had their annual Lamprey harvest ceremony at Willamette Falls.

@Stardusted1 Жыл бұрын

Sea lamprey! Nothing new for the lakes, they’ve been trying for decades. The cockroaches of the sea.

@Abaddon231 Жыл бұрын

Lampreys have always been in the great lakes Some years they come out in strength I read an old readers digest article from the 80s about a triathlon swimmer being attacked by them .. This is nothing new

@boblee6101 Жыл бұрын

Get your booster to reduce their numbers

@delicious_seabass Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing one of these as a kid while fishing with my dad for salmon in the creek. Scared the bejeezus out of me.

@waves42069 11 ай бұрын

did your dad kill it

@Cosmic.cougar Жыл бұрын

Are they edible?

@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and a great source of omega-3 fatty acids.

@Rakki_Haitatsu Жыл бұрын

Clean them up, season, batter and deep fry them 😂

@v.cotoiu3568 Жыл бұрын

but how do you catch them?

@spartak9101 Жыл бұрын

Just like the Ukropest government

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

@@v.cotoiu3568 ...with trawler nets, I presume

@isaacmontecillo7948 Жыл бұрын

@@v.cotoiu3568By fishing net.

@korky7674 Жыл бұрын

These invasive fish are here to enrich and strengthen our lakes, similar to what’s happening in our communities..

@mistyl1987 Жыл бұрын

We stopped evolving in 2012 for sure, maybe earlier.

@ricardoescobedo5420 Жыл бұрын

I'm peruvian, just give lemon, onions, salt, pepper.. you'll see

@lesliewheeler7071 Жыл бұрын

Disgusting!! 😬

@humbertsmith8864 Жыл бұрын

God...what a way to go. Great metaphor re: my first marriage.

@lanak.809 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Progressive_Canadian Жыл бұрын

Do they taste good? If so let's eat them. That's how we decimate other species isn't it?

@chantalrochon3566 Жыл бұрын

What about making dog or cat food out of the lampreys …. Could finance jobs .😊

@xeero24 Жыл бұрын

I’m sure banning plastic straws will solve this issue.

@marcinhibner9507 Жыл бұрын

SMOKED SEA LAMPREY RESTAURANT ON THE LAKE AAAAAAHHHHHH :)

@vulcanh254 Жыл бұрын

I wonder what they taste like. 😋

@O6i Жыл бұрын

That's horrific

@WorldNeeds911 Жыл бұрын

Yikes how gross and how scary is that? They've been around for decades?? No one mentioned if they latch onto humans but I guess that's a given!😨

@PhilWernette Жыл бұрын

They don't attach to humans. They've been in the Great Lakes for well over a decade now causing issues with the food web.

@WorldNeeds911 Жыл бұрын

@@PhilWernette Thank goodness!!

@Coolative Жыл бұрын

@@PhilWernette yea im going to door county in a few weeks and when i saw this on the news i almost had a heart attack 🤣

@MisterEvvvSymphoenix Жыл бұрын

There's a KZfaq channel about a guy who lets creepy things bite him, and he tried it with lampreys. They hurt, but didn't puncture his skin. They didn't seem very interested in a human, and/or they couldn't easily puncture his skin. Maybe they're not designed to handle humans.

@WorldNeeds911 Жыл бұрын

@@MisterEvvvSymphoenix Thanks, I'll check it out. Maybe they'd want a bite with a big squirt of ketchup!

@Lisa1111 Жыл бұрын

Dear God

@BoppityBoopy Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@Snowflakes_13200 Жыл бұрын

Petromyzone 😢

@marcinhibner9507 Жыл бұрын

Dehydrate them smoke style with less then flavour smoked so it's not to strong but have array of from natural to strong smoked array of flavor and strength of flavors and take oils out and it tastes really great and oils dropp off style and if they have great amounts of Lamprey's they can use oil for other uses place a sticker an whaaalaaa cash cash cash like gold industry in Canada

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

...English is hard for you?

@necrolicious Жыл бұрын

is that thing horrible enough that we can wipe it out without hippies going crazy?

@kellypawspa Жыл бұрын

Ugh... Humunculous.... All over again. 😮

@metalslugfan708 11 ай бұрын

You're forgetting something, they are not choosers. We too can become their food.

@glengarbera7367 Жыл бұрын

Aren't they a delicacy around the great rivers of Europe. Anybody?

@matthewdickinson2977 Жыл бұрын

As a kid in June it was a favourite pass time going up and down the creek with pitch forks hunting them

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

...are they edible? (Does anyone know, here?)

@Ellaissoooocoolomgomgomg Жыл бұрын

@@ahashdahnagila6884yes, they are😭

@NOT-A-Monolith Жыл бұрын

@@Ellaissoooocoolomgomgomgno they're are not they have parasites lmfao why lie and make stuff up

@doctordome665 Жыл бұрын

Grilled or smoked they are delicacy 1 would be 3€-4€ here in Finland🇫🇮

@coles3s Жыл бұрын

Really!!!!!! This is what yall came up with. 😂 OMG

@whathandleUtalkabt Жыл бұрын

Nasty 🤮

@user-py9js5br3b Жыл бұрын

I swear thats the same so called fish that is in the alien movie 😮

@richard09able Жыл бұрын

So if they can eliminate 95% why not 100% ?

@1982kinger Жыл бұрын

Theres a research team that is working to reduce then by erasing scents at their spawn points

@hypercube717 Жыл бұрын

Stop being dishonest. Use the same measures you used before you "relaxed" your approach.

@jackyali3323 Жыл бұрын

ITS A GOU 'OULD AND ITS MOTHER SHIP HAVE COME😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@erynkrieger1279 Жыл бұрын

Im not going swimming there.

@TinaMarie-qb5rq Жыл бұрын

holy crap! ok, i have zero desire to ever swim in any lake ever again!

@ytmndan Жыл бұрын

Not going skinny dipping, that's for sure.

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

...they are not in lakes with no outlet to the sea/ocean

@darkglass3011 Жыл бұрын

Are these things edible? If so, there could be a profitable market for these things that would also help curb population too.

@loezha6794 Жыл бұрын

All we need to figure that out is a Chinese scientist

@kellincakubica277 Жыл бұрын

@@loezha6794 or Google it....

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

...I was thinking the same thing.

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

@@loezha6794 ...one from Wuhan?

@NOT-A-Monolith Жыл бұрын

@@kellincakubica277yeah he was being sarcastic but you can't eat them they have parasites similar to bears meat where it eats your brain and eventually die years and years later

@polar1897 Жыл бұрын

Hear me out

@MrReymoclif714 Жыл бұрын

Lake Champlain is loaded with these vampires.

@dufty9485 Жыл бұрын

Great fishing bait

@mercy3219 Жыл бұрын

Are they good to eat?

@Paul_425 Жыл бұрын

Nature will balance it out eventually, enjoy the show.

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

Are lamprey fish edible? Or, are they just trash fish? (Are they even "fish"?)

@oh_k8 Жыл бұрын

I think they're a type of eel.

@markmoreno7295 Жыл бұрын

Lamprey pie?

@adamg5780 Жыл бұрын

Can we eat them?

@bearbones4347 Жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣 🤣 look a dinosour..

@da_upperechelon1054 Жыл бұрын

So is this slither or dream catcher ?

@Jorge_Apollo Жыл бұрын

I see so excited order 66 on them.

@Joe-li3zj Жыл бұрын

Wonder what they do with all those live lampreys. They’re not inedible, and what else would I do with thousands of pounds of fish meat

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

...feed the ground up lamprey "flesh" to your cat.

@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038 Жыл бұрын

It's a lamprey not a "vampire fish" & it's been in the lakes for decades.

@gianzua5727 Жыл бұрын

A parassite that must be eliminate...in Italy we have 0 but catfishes are a big problem

@spartak9101 Жыл бұрын

Its Volodymyr Zelenskyy not a lamprey…

@user-jr3kb8qy8e Жыл бұрын

BROUGHT IN FROM TEL AVIV

@gtigrl7522 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure there are some people who will eat that..

@spartak9101 Жыл бұрын

Just eat ? 👀

@user-xt8sm9xc1e Жыл бұрын

We won't prepare for it until it's too late but what are americans and canadians going to do when all five Great Lakes start to all overflow (floods)???? The Gulf Jet stream will not help eastern canada and the states. But since we are a western nation and we're a part of NATO let's NOT worry about it!?! It can't happen to us!!!!

@Sasha-vr8wm Жыл бұрын

They dye our creek to get rid of them here in wny even in creeks inland, crazy. I stepped on one as a kid and havent forgot it 😂

@Roofers-Nail-Hardest Жыл бұрын

I searched “Justin Trudeau” and this was the 4th video down 😂😆🤣

@ingridgrattidge5887 Жыл бұрын

Gross. 😢

@sparkimusmcfeely5131 Жыл бұрын

They eat them in Europe...Is said that they taste like Calamari

@alwaysyouramanda Жыл бұрын

Wow, humanity is responsible right?! WE are the horror film!

@GodWeenSatan Жыл бұрын

This is old news. They have been around forever

@traumakampfcreature Жыл бұрын

They're on the pacific side too lol

@wildandliving1925 Жыл бұрын

So native in the Atlantic Ocean... spawn in rivers and streams.. wait isn't the great lake connected to the Atlantic Ocean.... making them native and not an invasive species

@billyboy4797 Жыл бұрын

Before the canals and seaway was built, They were unable to swim up Niagara Falls.

@spartak9101 Жыл бұрын

Look they found Volodymyr Zelenskyy

@mattdobbs-dr2rt Жыл бұрын

Nasty creatures

@Assistedsoul Жыл бұрын

Let’s all start eating lamprey pies there tasty let’s do thisss

@MuggleBiff Жыл бұрын

Just leave the water and see who wins the fight for the king of the lake. Maybe the fish would get stronger if they had to fend for themselves. Maybe we're doing harm to the fish by protecting them, eventually they will have forgotten how to protect themselves. Let em fight.

@lanak.809 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same, let the nature figure out it itself. Things in nature always come to an equilibrium. Either the fish will get immune to these lamp-rays or new parasites for laprays will emerge.

@ahashdahnagila6884 Жыл бұрын

...fish will protect themselves when they grow limbs and hands

@davidevans6618 Жыл бұрын

Like the government's investors.

@c1b8 Жыл бұрын

REDUCE THEM? GET RID OF IT FULLY WHAT U TALKING ABOUT REDUCE THEM ? GET RID OF IT ALL

@user-jr6ql4ld7r 10 ай бұрын

Its very good fish to eat

@watchutub Жыл бұрын

Alien babies.

@JohnDoe-ur7ri Жыл бұрын

805

@GUTOMOFFICIAL Жыл бұрын

😬

@Mr-gi6rc Жыл бұрын

I found one in Gilroy CA in 2002

@DarylSinghh Жыл бұрын

Nasty

@Ryanhelpmeunderstand Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ is returning soon. Have you noticed what is going on around the world? Even nature itself is starting to turn into hateful commotion as well.

@Blacks4Trump2024 Жыл бұрын

Extinct them…😂?

@romanceenthusiasm7972 Жыл бұрын

WHY would god create such a monstrosity or was it LAB created?

@user-oo5lg3zu3g Жыл бұрын

Make a great tattoo to save prisoners from unconventional non consenting love making

@MERZBOAT Жыл бұрын

Reintroduce British diets to lower Ontario, they love eating Lamprey

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