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By adamg on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 7:55am

Eel

A.P. Blake spotted what might be an American eel swimming up the Charles yesterday.

Meet the eels of the Charles River.

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By GoBruins on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 8:24am.

But eels skeeve me out more than snakes. And did anyone see this last week? WARNING: gross

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/eel-remov...

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By slowman4130 on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 8:50am.

reminds me of the time I brought an extra eel home from fishing, and my wife decided we were keeping it as a pet. Lived for probably 2 years in a small aquarium, and seemed to be trained to come out from hiding when you were looking in, as if to beg for food.

ended up jumping out of the tank a few times though, the last being one too many.

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By Miss M on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 7:32pm.

used to catch eels to sell as live bait to the local fishing shops. Until he had enough, he kept them in an old claw-footed tub in our backyard, much to the delight of young me.

It didn't occur to me until recently that having a tub full of eels to play with as a child was really, really weird.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:15am.

They are very sensitive to dissolved oxygen depletion and need a variety of habitats for a complex lifecycle.

Seeing them in the Charles (and I've also seen some in the Mystic just above the Earhart Dam) is a good sign that our coastal waterways are improving.

More Here: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdf/AmericanEel.pdf

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By dmcboston on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:05am.

...I caught one near the River St. bridge near Kelly Field, in the fast moving current. Scared the piss out of me. Hey, I was a kid. I guess the water was better than suspected.

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By joehp on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 1:49pm.

was teeming with those scary bastards when I was a kid ('70's).

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By Badger on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:26pm.

I remember seeing one in the Fort Point Channel when I was little (circa 1990ish) - it came up to chomp on a piece of hamburger I'd dropped in the water.

Perhaps we have sturdier eels than normal.

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By greenlinetobrooklyn on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:15am.

eels or not, I can't wait to go swimming!

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By anon on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:19am.

Makes for some good sushi!

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By Arborway on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 2:13pm.

It's absurdly good and a great intro.

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By erik g on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:22am.

My hovercraft has long been full of them.

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By anon on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:41am.

How many eyes does it have?

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By anon on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 5:12pm.

because this will be happening next:

http://www.pressherald.com/news/NH-man-cited-for-4...

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