It Drinks Blood Through Stone — The Vampire of the Ocean Still Alive Today

Before sharks, before bones, there was the sea lamprey — Petromyzon marinus, the original vampire of the ocean. With a circular mouth full of razor teeth and a tongue that drills into flesh, this creature has survived for 360 million years. Discover how it feeds, invades, and inspires science in this dark and fascinating story of evolution’s oldest predator.