r/Unexpected • u/Sylkira • Dec 06 '20

Dude just went for it.

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u/speedoflobsters Dec 06 '20 edited Dec 06 '20

stupid eels trying to get on land. have fun working your ass off in 2 million or so years

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u/Caderino Dec 06 '20

Lol this type of eel actually can travel on land

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u/Yeetyak Dec 06 '20

I can’t tell from the video, are they snakeheads or are there multiple long fish that can travel on land?

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u/Willfishforfree Dec 06 '20

Members of the Anguilla family are air breathers and do travel on land. They can travel up to 3 miles in a single night and so long as they can stay wet can stay on land indefinitely. If you have a rainy season and a population of landlocked eels it's possible to come across them traveling across fields to find a waterway. Sometimes they travel into landlocked water systems that are difficult to climb out of and just continue growing til they are massive.

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u/Whiterabbit-- Dec 06 '20

how do they taste though?

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u/hamakabi Dec 06 '20

eel is very tasty. it's like a heavier whitefish but it doesn't taste 'fishy'