We Finally Know Where Eels Come From

Bizarre Beasts May 5, 2023
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The European eel is a mysterious fish. They live for years without any reproductive organs, which made people very confused about where eels came from, all the way back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. And up until recently, we still didn’t know. Would you like an European eel pin? https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-european-eel Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by Bayla Arietta. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://baylaart.com/Splash-Page You can cancel any time by emailing [email protected] Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #eels #fish ----- Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-utterly-engrossing-search-for-the-origin-of-eels-180980777/ https://www.livescience.com/european-eel-spawning https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anguilla_anguilla/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0619-8 https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180313-why-baby-eels-are-one-of-spains-most-expensive-foods https://www.britannica.com/science/migration-animal/Catadromous-fish https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/49-individuals-across-europe-arrested-in-major-blow-to-eels-trafficking https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lepto- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Miller-70/publication/250395431_Ecology_of_Anguilliform_Leptocephali_Remarkable_Transparent_Fish_Larvae_of_the_Ocean_Surface_Layer/links/560d0d5808aec71cb48fa8ed/Ecology-of-Anguilliform-Leptocephali-Remarkable-Transparent-Fish-Larvae-of-the-Ocean-Surface-Layer.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=started_experiment_milestone&origin=journalDetail https://usgs-cru-individual-data.s3.amazonaws.com/jzydlewski/intellcont/2013%20Zydlewski%20and%20Wilkie%20Euryhaline%20fish-1.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19248-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-04052-7 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237998790_Degeneration_of_the_alimentary_tract_in_sexually_maturing_European_Anguilla_anguilla_L_and_American_eels_Anguilla_rostrata_LeSueur https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10695-011-9496-x ------ Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/european-eel-anguilla-anguilla-is-a-species-of-eel-a-stock-footage/1189155444 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/570728 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_of_Cycladic_Art_-_Red-figure_%22fish-plate%22.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/roman-mosaic-royalty-free-image/90153875 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98n1boOz2UE https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=16586 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/common-eel-or-european-eel-anguilla-anguilla-royalty-free-image/1256831983 https://youtu.be/9-9usJGeH9Y https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/common-eel-or-european-eel-anguilla-anguilla-adult-stock-footage/1164966594 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/world-map-vector-silhouette-on-white-royalty-free-illustration/1311051529 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0619-8 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/european-eel-royalty-free-image/1351802995 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_n5yD3Fqg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/european-eel-anguilla-anguilla-is-a-species-of-eel-a-stock-footage/1189155914 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rcdFbdQdo https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/glass-eel-royalty-free-image/472074857 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/cute-summer-icon-on-a-trasparent-base-royalty-free-illustration/1320241675 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/european-eel-royalty-free-image/1303432972 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rcdFbdQdo https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/rocky-mountain-elk-stock-footage/1426197687 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/location-icons-of-gps-navigation-global-5g-high-speed-stock-footage/1284511475 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-eel-stock-footage/1478455259 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19248-8/figures/1 https://youtu.be/gv03AYgNtaU