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Eelmily Finch
@DrEmilyFinch
Beamline Scientist @ausynchrotron @ANSTO | Geologist | Tea Drinker | She/her | #SuperstarsofSTEM 2021-22 | Creator of @EarthSciPeople | Views are my own
Oct 18, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Ok folks. It’s time we talked about eels.

I’m a geologist but I recently learnt about eels and… wow.

Since then, I’ve been greeting strangers with ‘DO YOU KNOW ABOUT EELS?!’

Well, consider yourself a stranger in my path.

Strap in. It’s a 🧵

1/so many ALL the eels in Europe and America are born in the Sargasso Sea (in the Bermuda Triangle! Ominous? Yes).

Eels might even live in a landlocked part of Europe and yet they will travel thousands of kilometres over land (yes, land!) and sea to get to the Sargasso Sea to spawn.

2/?