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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 67 points 5 days 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 84 points 5 days ago
[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 115 points 5 days 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 57 points 5 days ago

Nature is amazing

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Eels up inside ya

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 6 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

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

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

Don't we love these organic interaction?

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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?

[-] rbits@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

*electric eel. Electric eels are not eels.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 4 days ago

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

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 4 days 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 4 days 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 4 days 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 3 days ago

I think you are using voyager

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 16 points 4 days ago

This diagram is still a better love story than Twilight

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 days ago

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

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

Silly creature

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 20 points 4 days ago

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

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Skeedup baddup

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days 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.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 15 points 4 days 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 4 days 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 4 days ago

This order is more closely related to catfish.

Catfished again!

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

Juna and her MASSIVE butt.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago
[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Immediately thought of this. ๐Ÿ‘

[-] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Why is the head part of the torso?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Probably because they evolved that way

this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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