Eel origins

As late as 150 years ago it was thought that eels began their lives as beetles

MOMENTS OF WONDER

Eels have puzzled us for as long as we have known them. The ancient Egyptians believed that eels were produced when the sun warmed the Nile; the Greek philosopher Aristotle that they emerged spontaneously from mud and rainwater; while the Roman Pliny...

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