Older than the dinosaurs: Lamprey fish return to UK rivers after 200 years

04.09.2015

Ancient eel-like fish is reclaiming its former river strongholds as water quailty improvesAn ancient fish blamed for the death of a king and served as a traditional royal dish is returning to parts of Britain where it has been absent for 200 years.Lampreys, a Medieval delicacy and eaten in a scene of Games of Thrones, evolved almost 200m years before the dinosaurs but industrial pollution drove them out of many of Britain's rivers. Continue reading...

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