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reply posted on 19-2-2007 @ 02:50 AM by TheWalkingFox
Originally posted by RUFFREADY
The story of a Eel larvae 6 feet long being found (this would make the adult well over 100 feet in length!!) is this true??

Lots of us have heard that story, but ...hmmmm



see here for more info: www.occultopedia.com...

[edit on 16-2-2007 by RUFFREADY]

On January 31, 1930, the Danish research ship; "The Dana", captured, (south of Africa's Cape of Good Hope), what they thought at the time was a six-feet long eel larva. This could have meant there were very long eels in the sea, since the typical eel larva is three inches long, while the adults can grow from about 4 feet to 16 feet long. In 1970, Dr. David G. Smith from the University of Miami, identified the larva found as that of the spiny eel, an eel-like fish whose larvae length is equal to its adult length, while the larvae length of the true eel is much shorter than its adult length.

www.reference.com...

Family Notacanthidae - deep sea spiny eels.
www.fishbase.org... - the image on the left is the larva, on the right the adult.

[edit on 19-2-2007 by TheWalkingFox]


reply posted on 19-2-2007 @ 10:47 AM by Horrificus
Originally posted by RUFFREADY
The story of a Eel larvae 6 feet long being found (this would make the adult well over 100 feet in length!!) is this true??

Lots of us have heard that story, but ...hmmmm



see here for more info: www.occultopedia.com...

[edit on 16-2-2007 by RUFFREADY]


You are right. And, it isn't anything as exotic as mutation.

In a Marine Census Report at www.coml.org...

An average of 1,700 other animals and
numerous marine plants are also being
catalogued each year. CoML scientists
estimate that 210,000 marine life forms of all
types are currently known to science, but the final in existence could be 10 times that number.


If the larva are 4 ft long, the full grown eels will be HUGE. Period.

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