An Adult European Eel (IMAGE)

University of Saskatchewan

An Adult European Eel

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European eels devour their own skeletons on the 6,000-kilometer journey to their spawning grounds. But the unique process is also concentrating toxic metals in eels' ovaries, threatening their survival.

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Marko Freese. Thünen Institute for Fisheries Ecology

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