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Eels are fish

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178 points speckx | 3 comments | 03 Sep 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.6s | source
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cl3misch ◴[03 Sep 25 15:02 UTC] No.45116631[source]▶
I read the blog post. Then I thought "surely the eels in my local southern German lakes can't be from the sea". But sure enough, the European eel hatches close to the Bahamas.

I audibly wtf'ed multiple times while going down this rabbit hole. Thanks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_eel

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yndoendo ◴[03 Sep 25 23:14 UTC] No.45121395[source]▶
Recommend "The Truth About Animals" by Lucy Code [0]. It has good chapter on eels. They take a left and go to the USA or take a right and go to Europe.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34211802-the-unexpected-...

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1. jemmyw ◴[04 Sep 25 04:00 UTC] No.45123406[source]▶
What about the ones in New Zealand and Australia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_longfin_eel
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2. unwind ◴[04 Sep 25 07:59 UTC] No.45124809[source]▶
It's right there in the intro section:

Longfin eels are long-lived, migrating to the Pacific Ocean near Tonga to breed at the end of their lives. They are good climbers as juveniles and so are found in streams and lakes a long way inland.

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3. mcv ◴[05 Sep 25 04:48 UTC] No.45135060[source]▶
How do they know where to go? How can they find Tonga or the Sargasso Sea unerringly in the vastness of the ocean?