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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 67 points 1 month ago

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 83 points 1 month ago
[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 114 points 1 month ago

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 1 month ago

Nature is amazing

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Don't we love these organic interaction?

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Eels up inside ya

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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?

[-] Gerbylynn@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago

He's building four coliseums

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Ah that makes cents.

[-] rbits@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

*electric eel. Electric eels are not eels.

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 month ago

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

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Silly creature

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

๐ŸŽถ When a mouth opens wide, and there's more mouths inside that's a moray~๐ŸŽถ

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago

๐ŸŽถ When he bites on your thumb, and takes a chunk of your bum, that's a moray ๐ŸŽถ

[-] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

๐ŸŽถ Tails will swing, swim a swim a swim, swim a swim a swim, and youโ€™ll sing Vita Bella ๐ŸŽถ

[-] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

๐ŸŽถ Tails will swing, swim a swim a swim, swim a swim a swim, and youโ€™ll sing Eel-a Bella ๐ŸŽถ

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I think you are using voyager

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 23 points 1 month ago

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 1 month ago

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

[-] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Skeedup baddup

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

This diagram is still a better love story than Twilight

[-] psud@aussie.zone 15 points 1 month ago

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 1 month ago

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 1 month ago

This order is more closely related to catfish.

Catfished again!

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Juna and her MASSIVE butt.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

strange creatures

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Immediately thought of this. ๐Ÿ‘

[-] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Why is the head part of the torso?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Probably because they evolved that way

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