Dr. Markus Brinkmann, University of Saskatchewan (IMAGE)

University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Markus Brinkmann, University of Saskatchewan

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Dr. Markus Brinkmann has found that eels consume their own skeletons as they travel to their spawning grounds. The process is depositing toxic metals in the eels' reproductive organs, threatening their survival.

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Markus Brinkmann

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