Do and die
In fast flowing streams, spring triggers the annual spawning of one of the UK's most primitive fish - the brook lamprey. Brook lampreys do not have jaws. Instead they have a powerful suckered mouth. They don't feed at all as adults. Instead the females use their mouths to cling to rocks while they spawn and the males writhe around them. Both sexes die once spawning is complete.
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