Life is thought to be fairly sparse in the deep ocean, but an underwater probe equipped with bait managed to draw in more than 100 eels 3100 metres down in the Pacific Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265810-swarm-of-pacific-eels-is-largest-group-of-fish-seen-in-the-abyss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tag: Eels
Electric eels can supercharge their attacks by working together
Electric eels have been observed in the Amazon hunting in groups for the first time. By working together, they can send fish flying with a supercharged jolt of electricity. Source: https://www.livescience.com/electric-eels-hunt-in-groups.html
Scientists Observe Live Cells Responding To Magnetic Fields For First Time
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: One of the most remarkable “sixth” senses in the animal kingdom is magnetoreception — the ability to detect magnetic fields — but exactly how it works remains a mystery. Now, researchers in Japan may have found a crucial piece of the puzzle, making the first observations of live, unaltered cells responding to…
8 times nature was totally metal in 2020
Remembering the cannibal dinosaurs, chest-bursting eels, and rampaging galaxies that made 2020 heavier than dark matter. Source: https://www.livescience.com/nature-metal-2020.html
Swarm of eels breaks record for most fish ever spotted at one time in abyssal ocean
Before we start mining for precious metals in the darkness of the deep sea, we might try switching on the light first and observing our surroundings. Source: https://www.livescience.com/largest-recorded-swarm-of-deep-sea-fish.html
Snake eels stage stomach-bursting escape after being eaten (and then things get really nasty)
After snake eels are swallowed by bigger fish, they can burst out of their predators’ stomachs … to freedom? Not exactly. Source: https://www.livescience.com/snake-eels-stomach-bursters.html