Eels are some of nature’s weirdest creatures. Here are 5 reasons why they’re such cool little freaks
- Written by: Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
A moray eelShutterstockIt’s the question that baffled scientists for hundreds years – where on Earth do eels come from?
Aristotle’s best guess was that they spontaneously generated. Danish biologist Johannes Schmidt was pretty sure they spawned in the Sargasso Sea – right near the Bermuda Triangle, for a little extra...