Eel Learnings

Good morning everyone.

On Friday the 22nd of march Don came and talked to the Batten team about eels. We learnt lots…..

• Eels can swim forwards and backwards.
• Eels used to live in the sea.
• 3 types of eels shortfin, lonfin, australian longfin, longfin are bigger than shortfin.
• Longfin can grow 2m long.
• Don found a huge eel in the selwyn river.
• Don’t put your fingers in a eels mouth.
• Eels are good at smelling.
• Lonfins like hiding.
• Eels eat ducklings.
• Eels suck their food down with bigger things they bite it and spin around to rip.
• Eels aren't fussy eaters.
• Eels breath strange.
• Eels bottom jaw is longer.
• Eels can breathe through their skin.
• You cut an eels ear bone to tell how old they are.
• Eels can live up to 112 years old.
• When eels are in the wild they grow slow.
• Female eels are bigger.
• When female eels are going to breed their eyes are bigger.
• Eels lay millions of eggs.
• Baby eels look like leafs.
• Shortfin eels eat crabs you can tell if there bottoms red because it hurts when they poop.
• Eels don’t like like the sun like vampires.
• Eels eat their food whole.
• You have to kill eels to see how old they are.

Thanks for reading my blog.

By Bella

This is a picture of Don with help holding how big an longfin eel can grow.