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eels rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by UnGlazedGarlic@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 child)

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[–] GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago

Came to post this, was pleasantly surprised to see it here.

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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Are these those vicious mfs that jump like 7 feet out of the water to snatch up crabs?

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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Nah, if it's eels in NZ (the ODT bring a local rag here), they hide in the shadows of riverbanks.

I do think there's some bizarrely complex life cycle though, like mating out in the deep ocean and spawning at the top of rivers, so a horrendous commute but I'm beyond sketchy on the details

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

fwiw the image seems to be of electric eels, which are not closely related to proper eels, proper eels being the ones with the wackydoodle larva-on-the-other-side-of-the-world lifecycle

and i'm pretty sure proper eels exist basically everywhere

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[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 1 point 1 week ago

Ick eel

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