Facts from Don, the Eel Man

Kia Ora

Today after morning tea the Batten team gatherd in room 4 to have a meeting with Don the eel man from N.I.W.A here are the facts that he gave us

• The eels like shade
• There are three species of eels in New Zealand 
• But there are 19 species world wide 
• They can see very well but they rely on their sense of smell
• They eat eachother
• But when they are glass eels they only eat small bugs like water fleas
• Their bones have rings like a tree stump to show how mamy years it has been alive
• When they are going to breed the males leave before the females
• The larvae are called lepto celephis eel
• The larvae become glass through a  metamorphisis

Here are some pictures

Here is Don holding one of the worlds largest eels

Thanks for reading
Charlie