LurkingMcLurkerface
LurkingMcLurkerface t1_isp0c12 wrote
Reply to comment by papaloco in TIL eels swim from a lake in Australia through stormwater drains and across the ocean to lay eggs in New Caledonia where they die. Their eggs hatch and make the return journey back to the lake they came from. by Aussiewhiskeydiver
Pulled a 4 foot eel out of the waste water treatment system in work, it either came in as an egg and survived the many chemical treatments and pumps at the front end of the works to get into the waste water treatment stage, where it survived more chemicals and lived long enough to find food and grow to adult size
Or
A 4 foot eel survived being drawn through a number of high speed pumps with impellers spinning at over 1400rpm at a few different stages and then settled down for a nap in the waste water treatment plant.
Both are massively impressive
We released it back to the river, hopefully its doing much better being out of a water treatment facility!!
LurkingMcLurkerface t1_ispx8dz wrote
Reply to comment by surasurasura in TIL eels swim from a lake in Australia through stormwater drains and across the ocean to lay eggs in New Caledonia where they die. Their eggs hatch and make the return journey back to the lake they came from. by Aussiewhiskeydiver
A possibily while small if it had been lifted and dropped, unlikely at 4 foot.
Locally we wouldn't have birds of prey large enough to lift an eel of that weight