Did the Sea Lamprey Cause a Decline in the Trout Population?
The sea lamprey caused a great decline in the trout population.
According to the sea lamprey graph, from 1953 to 1961 the sea lamprey went from a population of 50,000 to 275,000. This means that they had eight years of great feasts. According to the trout graph, from 1948 to 1971 the lake trout went from a population of 200,000 of them to less than 1,000. They were eaten like filet mignon by the lamprey. The trout are a great source of nutrition and they taste great. This shows how the lamprey are eating the trout way too much. Just like in the food web gizmo with the rabbits, grass, snakes, and hawks.
The sea lamprey has razor sharp teeth and make a hole in them and then eat and suck out the insides. If I were a trout it would be like coming across a snake-eel-monster-nightmare-chainsaw-spinning toothed-giant. Just imagine it. I got this information from the dissection experience. This indicates that the trout have been dying because of the sea lamprey because they can kill so quickly. This is why the trout had a population of less than 1,000, and the sea lamprey jumped to 275,000.
The sea lamprey keeps reproducing having 60,000-100,000 eggs. They start reproducing 12-20 months after their larval stage. More eggs mean more trout getting eaten
A sea lamprey has a fish host like a symbiote in the movie venom. Venom is hosting Eddie like a lamprey is hosting a trout.
The lamprey latches onto the trout and sucks its insides. More eggs mean more trout eating lamprey.
This is why The sea lamprey caused a great decline in the trout population.
