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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 67 points 2 years 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 85 points 2 years ago
[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 115 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Nature is amazing

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Don't we love these organic interaction?

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Eels up inside ya

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

[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

!sciencediagramshitposting@sh.itjust.works

[-] Gerbylynn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

He's building four coliseums

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ah that makes cents.

[-] rbits@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

*electric eel. Electric eels are not eels.

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 years ago

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

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Silly creature

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 years ago

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

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

I think you are using voyager

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 23 points 2 years ago

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

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Skeedup baddup

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

This diagram is still a better love story than Twilight

[-] psud@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years 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

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Juna and her MASSIVE butt.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

strange creatures

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Immediately thought of this. ๐Ÿ‘

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

Why is the head part of the torso?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Probably because they evolved that way

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