We don’t know where eels come from

[ASBO]

 

Not not sure how I have never heard of this before 😂

[RedBaird]

Scientists have not found their mating or birthing areas.  It seems that even river eels go somewhere mysterious to reproduce! 

[Snuffs99]

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So, Where Do Eels Come From?

Thanks to the work of Schmidt the regularly accepted theory today is as follows. Leptocephali, the larval form of American and European eels, begin their lives in the Sargasso Sea. This location is significant for a few reasons. First, it is quite literally a sea within the Atlantic Ocean. The sea is bound by a series of currents in the area that form this very odd sea within a sea. Second, this is the Bermuda Triangle. Yeah, that Bermuda Triangle. Conspiracy theorists rally around this truth claiming eels to be from anything from aliens to demons to government devices.

The Leptocephali then cross the ocean and undergo their first metamorphosis into the translucent glass eel. Immediately after this transformation, the eel makes its way inland transitioning from saltwater to freshwater. The change in environment brings about the second transformation into an elver. Elvers swim along rivers and eventually into the lake water. Once they find a place to settle the eels transition into the form of the Yellow Eel. After many years in this phase, the Yellow Eels begin a migration back towards the Ocean. Eventually, making its final metamorphosis into a Silver Eel.

It is believed that the Silver Eels make the journey back to the Sargasso Sea where they grow their reproductive organs, mate, lay eggs, and then die off. However, no Silver Eel has ever been observed in the Sargasso Sea or en route to the Sargasso Sea from America or Europe. Needless to say, skeptics doubt this generally accepted lifecycle.

 

 

 

Best i could find.

[RedBaird]

On 8/23/2021 at 1:32 PM, Snuffs99 said:

Best i could find.

 

I should have said "scientists have not observed", which is close enough, I guess, to "not found". 😄 

 

The ultimate "eerie eel" mystery!