🐍🌊 For centuries, scientists couldn't find eel reproductive organs, leading Aristotle to claim they were born from mud. We finally know they migrate thousands of kilometers to the Sargasso Sea, changing their entire body structure just to spawn.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/eel-reproduction-mystery?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_content=eel_reproduction_mystery

#eels #biology #nature #migration #science #history #wildlife #ocean #evolution #education

🐍🌊 For centuries, scientists couldn't find eel reproductive organs, leading Aristotle to claim they were born from mud. We finally know they migrate thousands of kilometers to the Sargasso Sea, changing their entire body structure just to spawn.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/eel-reproduction-mystery?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_content=eel_reproduction_mystery

#eels #biology #nature #migration #science #history #wildlife #ocean #evolution #education

Maine's black market for baby eels

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/09/maines-black-market-for-baby-eels-is-spawning-a-crime-thriller-subgenre/

#HackerNews #Maine #black #market #baby #eels #crime #thriller #eel #fishing

Signatories to the Washington convention have voted to reject a proposal to restrict the trade of all eel species, including the Japanese eel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/eel-trade-blancket-restriction-denied/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #eels #fishing #trade

Always fun encounters after a Monkey cage goes out #science #nature #eels #radio #biology

Always fun encounters after a Monkey cage goes out #science #nature #eels #radio #biology

Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country’s rivers and estuaries and sold abroad for thousands of dollars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/haiti-gangs-baby-eels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #haiti #eels #caribbean

Crowds lined up at grilled eel restaurants in Japan on Saturday, this year's Day of Ox, hoping to survive the intense heat by eating the summer delicacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/19/japan/day-of-the-ox-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #eels #food