The shocking truth about eels
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Күн бұрынEels have a slippery reputation, transforming themselves in saltwater and freshwater environments - and no one knows exactly how they reproduce in the wild. Correspondent Conor Knighton talks with experts who share their fascination with the unknowable mysteries of the eel.
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@stoutgut 2 жыл бұрын
I did this project as my college internship I loved working on it and working with Chris bowser.
@sharone.langley2923 2 жыл бұрын
How do they mate? They like privacy...what can we say?
@baronwarborn9107 2 жыл бұрын
The EU has smartly regulated how many you can catch. Stocks are depleting as the freshwater pathways are blocked by dams and water plants. Efforts are slowly being made to reopen them. We have massive farms here (delicious delicacy in Nordic countries). But efforts to breed them in captivity have failed.
@michaelb.7355 2 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating. I had no clue about this.
@littlsuprstr 2 жыл бұрын
And those young eels travel thousands of miles from the ocean only to be stopped by an old dam deep in the woods nobody uses or maintains. In the spring you can see them exhaust themselves trying to climb an impassable barrier.
@chrisfinch8637 2 жыл бұрын
What a “shocking” truth about eels.
@VeganWithAraygun 2 жыл бұрын
Eels were one of many species that were protected at an early 17th century wildlife sanctuary. Founded as a humble teaching hospital, animal hospital & rehabilitation clinic at the end of the Renaissance, by the middle Baroque period the sanctuary had acquired vast surrounding acreages included coastal waters & inland lakes. At the newly completed ornate Baroque style school & reception center, a group of visitors questioned their tour guide after seeing something that amazed them: These eels seemed intelligent, curious, even friendly. How did they get that way, so accustomed to humans, so smart.. was it because of years of kindness and care? In fact they all were trained & the original graduates of their Baroque Eel School program.
@roucoupse 2 жыл бұрын
Animals are smarter than we thought.
@donnabaardsen5372 2 жыл бұрын
So very interesting. I never gave eel's a thought...but am now unable to unthink them😳
@cheleshows 2 жыл бұрын
I saw y 1st Eel when I was 24. It was in a dirty fish tank on the bottom shelf in the back corner of a (at the time) local Aquatic Store, they specialized in salt water aquariums. (Anyway) I was bending down, my nose inches from the tank asking out loud "Why is this tank so dirty, is anything in it?' When on cue an Eel head popped out of the dark murky water nose to nose with me - SCARED THE &%$@ out:a me. I've been fascinated with Eel' (ever) since.
@anthonymessina2834 2 жыл бұрын
I love eel!!! One of my favorite foods when I visited Japan. I still order it at my local sushi bar.
@franklesser5655 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! These truths are shocking!
@intellectualesemv 2 жыл бұрын
Fascination is what holds interest. May we always have wonder.
@TheKayaklover 2 жыл бұрын
How about the concept of LEAVING THEM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@_A4A 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, we will fully understand Eels one day!...
@thatssomething1 2 жыл бұрын
One can say these scientists are eeling back the layers of this particular conundrum ...hiyoooo
@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy 2 жыл бұрын
What a magical world this is! ❤️
@beerbread 2 жыл бұрын
Eels hiding their mating rituals, "Mind you own business, human."
@funwithFred 2 жыл бұрын
The Hudson has tons, and if you're fishing in it, you'd better watch it because you catch 'em on your line, and if you don't get them off fast, your line becomes so tangled.
@jondorsey6670 2 жыл бұрын
this hit me right in the eels
@thekongstocks 2 жыл бұрын
Eel man, you're disgusting!
@MisfitsFiendClub138 2 жыл бұрын
Smoked eel is really tasty 😋
@RaymondHng 2 жыл бұрын
Same with unagi.
@montemccarty6512 2 жыл бұрын
I don't eel like they told us everything.
@paulmoss7940 2 жыл бұрын
I know , acts over eelings.
@jsoo67 2 жыл бұрын
Most everything has a cuteness factor when babies even eels maybe not the clear phase but juvenile ones
@kananitakeshi3249 2 жыл бұрын
Do they not reproduce in captivity??
@v-gc7257 2 жыл бұрын
Eels. How many volts again?
@2511thai 2 жыл бұрын
In Hong Kong peoples raise them in farm and sent to Japan. Japan peoples eat eels. Japan can not raise them in farm fishier because it is too cold.
@GregStallion 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, I’m a Downstate N.Y. Native and I never was ware that we had eels in the Hudson.
@5610winston 2 жыл бұрын
1:40 If an eel is in fresh water, it is a female. The males don't migrate into fresh water. I caught a three-footer, a beautiful golden yellow creature, in a small mill pond in Clarke County, Mississippi while bass fishing. They roll and twist while fighting, taking up a lot of line.
@tobehonest7541 2 жыл бұрын
holding a big eel not easy #WhatSheSaid
@JunaidWolf3 2 жыл бұрын
I’m sure eels don’t even know how they mate
@ChristopherLuth1974 2 жыл бұрын
the potato eaters in my town call that lunch
@susieusmaximus5330 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, there people who *don't* eat potatoes? Why? There are limitless ways to cook them, and they're freaking delicious. I mean, possibly there are people who are allergic to them or something, but other than that, why would anyone not eat them?
@pjacobsen1000 2 жыл бұрын
They forgot to mention how delicious eels are, fried or smoked, hot or cold.
@MrAwesomeSaucem 2 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone in the media nowadays speak like a (has-been) theatre kid talking to a class of three year-olds?
@heychiyu1 2 жыл бұрын
How did Seth Rogan become an eel expert on tik tok? And how come no mention of unagi?
@henrylivingstone2971 2 жыл бұрын
Pervert scientists, wanting to spy on eels doing the nasty ☠️☠️☠️ Jk, fascinating work and it’s amazing that we still don’t know the behavioral mechanisms behind what seems to be such a simple creature
@tyrellanderson4722 2 жыл бұрын
Soooo they don't breed in captivity. 🤔
@mitchellreal1391 2 жыл бұрын
If only boys could pull off a FAKEABABY fake dna test prank to keep her, LOL!
@FacheChanteDeux 2 жыл бұрын
I don't get why there is not one successful breeding study in captivity.
@stephenmorton8017 2 жыл бұрын
they may have a 'flower' stage and disperse on the wind.
@shirleynitka5030 2 жыл бұрын
Nope still eewwwwww. The Thames was full of them. They still make eel pie. Not to mention Ely. The place of eels.
@wj3186 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe...they aren't actually having the sex. Is that really so difficult to understand? 🤷♂️
@malikr2271 2 жыл бұрын
The eels all meet at bikini bottom
@cassandramcknight2416 2 жыл бұрын
Do people eat them?
@JW-mx3qg 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, and they are delicious. Smoked, green herb sauce, tomato sauce, cream sauce. Yumm
@sunshine3914 2 жыл бұрын
People will eat anything, especially when it’s covered in condiments.
@JW-mx3qg 2 жыл бұрын
@@sunshine3914 I won’t eat chicken feet or fish eyes though, no matter in what sauce
@cshirmer8416 2 жыл бұрын
In Germany smoked eel is a delicate !😋
@tyrellanderson4722 2 жыл бұрын
Not in Berlin! 🤣
@sammyp9514 2 жыл бұрын
I think the Dutch as well, no? so gross ! haha
@PeaceFan1 2 жыл бұрын
HELLOOO, Folks!! Everything in Creation is CREATED by JESUS CHRIST, HE ALONE Creates and has Created all Living things!! TRUTH!! Genesis 1: 20-31
@firetopman 2 жыл бұрын
Report on the CHILD TRAFFICKING, SOMETHING IMPORTANT, INSTEAD OF EELS.