- The eels can grow to 1.2 metres and weigh 3 kgs.
- The eel can survive for forty-eight hours out of water because its
skin is full of oil, which keeps the eel moist.
- The eel can swim forwards as well as backwards.
- The eel can travel on land for a short distance.
- The eel can breathe through its skin as well as its gills.
- The eel looks very similar to a snake
- Elvers, when traveling up stream can climb waterfalls and man made
weirs 80 to 100 feet tall.
- In dry periods the eel can live in mud for a short time, while other
fish would die.
- Maximum Length Short finned - 1 meter
Long finned - 2 meters
- Colour: Short finned - usually golden-olive to olive-green colour,
the belly is whitish-grey.
Long finned - usually dark brown to grey black dorsally and yellowish-grey
ventrally
- 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
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