Today Don came in and he told us about Eels so here are so facts that I have taken:
- Slime lets them through small spaces
- Long fin, short fin, moray and Australian astir are different types
- That Eels are actually fish
- Eels can grow up to 2 meters
- They can go backwards and forwards
- They are cannibals - t hey eat almost anything
- Long fin Eels spend a lot of time hiding
- They grab on to their prey and spin around about 10 times per second
- Eels come up from under and sucks up food
- Eels evolve from other types of eels
- Eels can breath through their skin
- They use ear bones and cut them up to see how old they are
- Eels get another ring each year
- Eels can grow up to 112 years old
- Females are bigger than male
- Males grow up to 50 centimetres long
- Females have 7-20 million eggs each year
- A big female might have 40-50 million eggs each year
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