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European Eel details - Anguilla Anguilla Maximum Length: 2 meters Colour: usually golden-olive to olive-green colour, the belly is whitish-grey. Good Baits Herring, Mussels, Ox Heart and Liver and large worms. Fishy Facts about Eels When an Eel is threatened, it will release large amounts of slime to help them slip away from predators. During a long migration, an Eel stops eating and its stomach shrinks to allow for the maturation of the gonads prior to spawning.
European Eel After spawning in the Sargasso Sea off the western coast of America, the adult Eels die and their young float in the sea’s plankton layer, slowly making their way back to Europe with the oceanic currents. |
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