Friday, 22 March 2019

Don the eel scientist

Don the eel man

Hello everyone,

Today a eel scientist named Don, he works at the National institute of water and atmosphere. He knows most about eels in New Zealand. He taught us lots of facts.

  • They eat baby birds and little ducklings. 
  • At night eels can absorb oxygen from their skin.
  • Scientists take out mainly baby eels ear bone to see their age and they know by how much rings are on their ear bone.
  • Eels have very good smelling (etc, if you put blood in a deep river an eel at the very bottom or very far away can smell it).
  • Female eels need to be big to hold lots of eggs.
  • Long fin eels hide a lot in the day and come out at night.
  • Many many years ago eels lived in sea.
         

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