The shocking truth about eels

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  • Eels 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
    @stoutgut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I did this project as my college internship I loved working on it and working with Chris bowser.

  • @sharone.langley2923
    @sharone.langley2923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How do they mate? They like privacy...what can we say?

  • @michaelb.7355
    @michaelb.7355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is fascinating. I had no clue about this.

  • @baronwarborn9107
    @baronwarborn9107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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.

  • @littlsuprstr
    @littlsuprstr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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
    @chrisfinch8637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What a “shocking” truth about eels.

  • @roucoupse
    @roucoupse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Animals are smarter than we thought.

  • @VeganWithAraygun
    @VeganWithAraygun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @cheleshows
    @cheleshows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @donnabaardsen5372
    @donnabaardsen5372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So very interesting. I never gave eel's a thought...but am now unable to unthink them😳

  • @franklesser5655
    @franklesser5655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! These truths are shocking!

  • @anthonymessina2834
    @anthonymessina2834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love eel!!! One of my favorite foods when I visited Japan. I still order it at my local sushi bar.

  • @TheKayaklover
    @TheKayaklover 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How about the concept of LEAVING THEM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @intellectualesemv
    @intellectualesemv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascination is what holds interest. May we always have wonder.

  • @thatssomething1
    @thatssomething1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One can say these scientists are eeling back the layers of this particular conundrum ...hiyoooo

  • @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
    @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a magical world this is! ❤️

  • @_A4A
    @_A4A 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting, we will fully understand Eels one day!...

  • @beerbread
    @beerbread 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eels hiding their mating rituals, "Mind you own business, human."

  • @funwithFred
    @funwithFred 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @MisfitsFiendClub138
    @MisfitsFiendClub138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Smoked eel is really tasty 😋

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same with unagi.

  • @jondorsey6670
    @jondorsey6670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this hit me right in the eels

    • @thekongstocks
      @thekongstocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eel man, you're disgusting!

  • @jsoo67
    @jsoo67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most everything has a cuteness factor when babies even eels maybe not the clear phase but juvenile ones

  • @montemccarty6512
    @montemccarty6512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don't eel like they told us everything.

    • @paulmoss7940
      @paulmoss7940 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know , acts over eelings.

  • @kananitakeshi3249
    @kananitakeshi3249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do they not reproduce in captivity??

  • @v-gc7257
    @v-gc7257 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eels. How many volts again?

  • @2511thai
    @2511thai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
    @GregStallion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait, I’m a Downstate N.Y. Native and I never was ware that we had eels in the Hudson.

  • @5610winston
    @5610winston 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @JunaidWolf3
    @JunaidWolf3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m sure eels don’t even know how they mate

  • @tobehonest7541
    @tobehonest7541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    holding a big eel not easy
    #WhatSheSaid

  • @henrylivingstone2971
    @henrylivingstone2971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @pjacobsen1000
    @pjacobsen1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They forgot to mention how delicious eels are, fried or smoked, hot or cold.

  • @MrAwesomeSaucem
    @MrAwesomeSaucem 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why does everyone in the media nowadays speak like a (has-been) theatre kid talking to a class of three year-olds?

  • @ChristopherLuth1974
    @ChristopherLuth1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the potato eaters in my town call that lunch

    • @susieusmaximus5330
      @susieusmaximus5330 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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?

  • @heychiyu1
    @heychiyu1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did Seth Rogan become an eel expert on tik tok? And how come no mention of unagi?

  • @tyrellanderson4722
    @tyrellanderson4722 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Soooo they don't breed in captivity. 🤔

  • @FacheChanteDeux
    @FacheChanteDeux 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't get why there is not one successful breeding study in captivity.

  • @mitchellreal1391
    @mitchellreal1391 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If only boys could pull off a FAKEABABY fake dna test prank to keep her, LOL!

  • @malikr2271
    @malikr2271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The eels all meet at bikini bottom

  • @wj3186
    @wj3186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe...they aren't actually having the sex. Is that really so difficult to understand? 🤷‍♂️

  • @shirleynitka5030
    @shirleynitka5030 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nope still eewwwwww. The Thames was full of them. They still make eel pie. Not to mention Ely. The place of eels.

  • @stephenmorton8017
    @stephenmorton8017 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    they may have a 'flower' stage and disperse on the wind.

  • @cshirmer8416
    @cshirmer8416 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Germany smoked eel is a delicate !😋

    • @tyrellanderson4722
      @tyrellanderson4722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not in Berlin! 🤣

    • @sammyp9514
      @sammyp9514 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the Dutch as well, no? so gross ! haha

  • @cassandramcknight2416
    @cassandramcknight2416 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do people eat them?

    • @JW-mx3qg
      @JW-mx3qg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely, and they are delicious. Smoked, green herb sauce, tomato sauce, cream sauce. Yumm

    • @sunshine3914
      @sunshine3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People will eat anything, especially when it’s covered in condiments.

    • @JW-mx3qg
      @JW-mx3qg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sunshine3914 I won’t eat chicken feet or fish eyes though, no matter in what sauce

  • @PeaceFan1
    @PeaceFan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
    @firetopman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Report on the CHILD TRAFFICKING, SOMETHING IMPORTANT, INSTEAD OF EELS.