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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 67 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Now, are the internal organs of an eel in its tail, looping around to the butt. Or are they all more or less in the head and the tail is just muscles and bone?

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 84 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 114 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This is a picture of a pretty small electric organ, so you can imagine the immense storage capacity eels have in their tails.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 56 points 10 months ago

Nature is amazing

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Don't we love these organic interaction?

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can never feel bad about your organ being small if it's electric!

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It may be small, but it can give a jolt.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Eels up inside ya

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Thank you for that link. I was puzzled though when I opened it and saw a cartoon elephant.

And what's he doing, spending money?

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

!sciencediagramshitposting@sh.itjust.works

[–] Gerbylynn@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He's building four coliseums

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Ah that makes cents.

[–] rbits@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

*electric eel. Electric eels are not eels.

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My all-time favorite fish is the ropefish. Just look how happy they are!

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

Silly creature

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Adorbs, but can't hold a candle to the garden eel. Mostly because they both live underwater.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

🎶 When a mouth opens wide, and there's more mouths inside that's a moray~🎶

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

🎶 When he bites on your thumb, and takes a chunk of your bum, that's a moray 🎶

[–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

🎶 Tails will swing, swim a swim a swim, swim a swim a swim, and you’ll sing Vita Bella 🎶

[–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

🎶 Tails will swing, swim a swim a swim, swim a swim a swim, and you’ll sing Eel-a Bella 🎶

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

I think you are using voyager

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Should do legless lizard as well, i learned that to identify this creature i need to find their butthole.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So finally Have You Checked Your Butthole is the actual correct answer?

[–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Skeedup baddup

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Glass lizards have external ears. Easier to spot those right behind the jaw. Their body/head segment is pretty distinctive once you've seen a bunch side by side. At first it's difficult, but with a little practice they become easy to distinguish, like Alligator vs Crocodile.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

This diagram is still a better love story than Twilight

[–] psud@aussie.zone 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It looks like other eels don't necessarily follow the mostly tail body plan of electric eels; morays seem to be less than 50% tail by length

[–] somebodysomewhere@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

that would be because electric eels are fish, not eels.

On my phone but see phylogeny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

This order is more closely related to catfish.

Catfished again!

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Juna and her MASSIVE butt.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

strange creatures

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Immediately thought of this. 👍

[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why is the head part of the torso?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Probably because they evolved that way