We Finally Know Where Eels Come From

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.

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   • Conserving the Thames - European Eel  
https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illumina...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...
   • How to lip hook and catch eels  
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/il...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4200...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...
   • Glass eels  
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
   • Eel enthusiasm for ZSL elver monitoring  
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/il...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...
   • Eel enthusiasm for ZSL elver monitoring  
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
   • European eel