The Infinite Monkey Cage
What’s the deal with eels? – Lucy Porter, David Righton and Caroline Durif
November 26, 202542 min · 8,259 words
Show notes
Fishing rods at the ready, Brian Cox and Robin Ince attempt to reel in a creature that has baffled scientists since Aristotle: the eel. Wriggling in to help them uncover the mysteries of one of nature’s slimiest subjects are marine scientists David Righton and Caroline Durif, and comedian Lucy Porter. How do eels navigate such vast distances so deep under water? Why has no one ever seen them reproduce?
Highlighted moments
the name of the eels is anguilliforms, which is not really very helpful because it means something in the shape of an eel.
“Aristotle thought that eels were the example of spontaneous generation, meaning that they did not reproduce, but just that glass eels would come out of, he called it putrefaction of seaweed.”
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