Sea Lamprey Photo? Scary Creature Pulled From New Jersey River

[ogfarmer 138]

I guess I dont want to fall into the Raritan river

 

Sea Lamprey Photo? Scary Creature Pulled From New Jersey River

 

 

The Huffington Post | By Ryan Grenoble Posted: 02/26/2013 1:29 pm EST | Updated: 02/27/2013 12:56 pm EST

 

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When it comes to stocking up on material for nightmares, it's hard to beat this photo of what appears to be a monstrous sea lamprey.

Reddit user jlitch uploaded the picture in mid-February with the deceptively innocent tagline, "Friend... caught this fishing in NJ."

According to a set Facebook photos, this eellike creature was caught in the Raritan River, somewhere in northern New Jersey.

Perhaps most frightening, the rings teeth of displayed in the photo have a very clear purpose: Sea lampreys latch onto their prey, then secrete digestive fluids that slowly eat away and break down the host. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission reports a sea lamprey can be expected to kill upwards of 40 pounds of fish over the course of its life. Survival rates for particular species of host fish can be as low as 15 percent.

Unfortunately, we can't be completely certain this photo really does depict a sea lamprey. "The photo doesn't allow counting of gill openings (seven per side for sea lampreys), but based on size alone, this does appear to be a sea lamprey,” a New York Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman told Outside Magazine, according to the New York Daily News.

The species typically grows to 2.5 feet in length, but some sea lampreys have been documented at sizes of up to 3 feet long, reports the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.

Sea lampreys are a native to the Atlantic Ocean and are found along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and the coast of Europe, as well as in the Great Lakes, where it is considered an invasive species.

The New York Daily News adds that appearances of sea lampreys in New Jersey have increased recently, as officials have begun to remove old dams, thus easing the creature's progress upriver.

PHOTO of the sea lamprey [via Reddit]:

[Displaced Texan 11,742]

That's what nightmares are made of!!!

[Night Prowler 0]

Remember the movie Tremors?

[Parker 213]

I've seen them as far north as the Big Flatbrook, and that's dating back some years ago. Now that's a long swim. They have been listed as a species along with the American Brook lamprey found in the Delaware, Raritan and Passaic river basin's.

 

 

Sightings in the Raritan -

[Joe Dirt 3]

DAMM UGLY!!!!!!

[dtown223 12]

Frying pan?

Garlic?

[mikeyboyeee 66]

Another good reason why we need CCW in NJ

[usnmars 136]

I see stuff on a daily basis that would make you never wish to go in the ocean again................

[mge_1 2]

Holy!!!!!!!! Nasty!!!!!!

[BlueLineFish 615]

that's nasty. I will say it though and be immature. It looks like a cock

[BarkNBite 15]

Reminds me of Sal my old landlord in college.....extending his hand the first of the month to collect.

[heaterbob 53]

thats it im putting in a pool

[BlueLineFish 615]

thats it im putting in a pool

 

even better..put one in the pool. Then the fun begins

[JustJoe 0]

Lamprey rice for 4

1 lamprey with 1-1,5 Kgs

1/2 litre red wine

50 grs smoked ham or bacon

Red wine vinegar, about 2-3 tablespoons

2 cups of rice

olive oil

1 big onion

parsley

1 bay leaf

2 cloves garlic

1 Tablespoon flour

 

As I mentioned, ideally the lamprey should be bought alive for 2 reasons: cause its fresh and cause you'll need the blood...

After washing it and removing all the organs etc that you don't need, pour the blood into a large bowl.

In this bowl you'll add the wine, salt, some parsley, bay leaf and the garlic. Stir and add the lamprey cut in small pieces of 4-6 cm.

Marinade for about 1 hour.

In a pan, put some olive oil, chop the onion and fry it. Add the ham or bacon and add the lamprey pieces and let it cook in low heat for about 10 minutes.

Add the marinade juice(the proportion of marinade is 3 to 1 of rice so here you need 6 cups), the vinegar and the flour, cook slowly for another 10 mins then add the rice and cook for about 10-15 mins. Serve with some slices of fried bread.

 

This recipe needs a "strong" wine with lots of acidity.

Enjoy

[BlueLineFish 615]

Lamprey rice for 4

1 lamprey with 1-1,5 Kgs

1/2 litre red wine

50 grs smoked ham or bacon

Red wine vinegar, about 2-3 tablespoons

2 cups of rice

olive oil

1 big onion

parsley

1 bay leaf

2 cloves garlic

1 Tablespoon flour

 

As I mentioned, ideally the lamprey should be bought alive for 2 reasons: cause its fresh and cause you'll need the blood...

After washing it and removing all the organs etc that you don't need, pour the blood into a large bowl.

In this bowl you'll add the wine, salt, some parsley, bay leaf and the garlic. Stir and add the lamprey cut in small pieces of 4-6 cm.

Marinade for about 1 hour.

In a pan, put some olive oil, chop the onion and fry it. Add the ham or bacon and add the lamprey pieces and let it cook in low heat for about 10 minutes.

Add the marinade juice(the proportion of marinade is 3 to 1 of rice so here you need 6 cups), the vinegar and the flour, cook slowly for another 10 mins then add the rice and cook for about 10-15 mins. Serve with some slices of fried bread.

 

This recipe needs a "strong" wine with lots of acidity.

Enjoy

hell no..that's some fear factor snacks right there

[millsan1 3]

February? Trees with full green leaves? Fake.

 

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[ogfarmer 138]

Dont think the picture was taken recently just talked about recently

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/photos-new-jersey-eel-wow-viewers-article-1.1273403

 

[BlueLineFish 615]

Other picture looks scarier. Above is weak.

[Maksim 1,504]

ewwwww. disgusting. do these things do anything for the ecosystem? If not... time to assault ban those shits.

[sicrado 0]

[BOOMSTICK 6]

that's nasty. I will say it though and be immature. It looks like a cock

 

I don't think i've laughed so hard in a while!!!

[Wastegate 9]

Saw a dead one on the Delaware up near Worthington State forest, years back. Nasty looking thing.

[johnp 45]

Yep, well I'm never going fishing again.

[Krdshrk 3,877]

Dont think the picture was taken recently just talked about recently

 

http://www.nydailyne...ticle-1.1273403

 

 

 

Some of those comments on that news article are ridiculous... The guy should die because he was fishing? C'mon really? Friggin libtards.

[Soju 153]

......needs to find happy place......

[jermz1987 243]

Looks like the Alien from that Stephen King movie Dreamcatcher.

 

 

 

 

[balkan 0]

caught a lamprey or three with my carp... nasty bastards...