I discover that lampreys are popular as an edible 'fish' in Europe to
this day. They taste rather meaty, according to Wikipedia, and so were
popular on the numerous fast-days observed pre-Reformation. Henry I was
68 when he died of his surfeit of lampreys, which was an advanced age.
Perhaps he got a bad one in the dish.
Mind you, in those days sea birds such as puffins and shearwaters
counted as fish for fast days, likewise the Barnacle Goose, which was
genuinely believed to develop from goose-barnacles, until its
nesting-grounds were eventually discovered in Iceland and Greenland.
Back to lampreys - Americans won't eat them. But Koreans eat hagfish.
Anthea Fleming
Tracey Newcombe wrote:
"The authors suggested that the copious mucous secreted by the lampreys had
exacerbated the situation."
Sounds like the herons suffered a similar fate to King Henry I of England,
who supposedly died of a "surfeit of lampreys"!
Cheers,
Tracey
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