Episode notes
Ellen and Christian get a feel for the garden eel. We discuss fortified butts, science’s greatest unsolved mysteries, flirting techniques for the ultimate homebodies, video chatting with eels, and so much more.
Works Cited:
- “Morphological specializations in heterocongrinae (Anguilliformes: Congridae) related to burrowing and feeding” – N. De Schepper et al., Journal of Morphology, March 2007
- “Spotted Garden Eel” – California Academy of Sciences
- “Peek-A-Boo with Hawaiian Garden Eels” – Nature on PBS, YouTube
- “Life in the flow: unique adaptations for feeding on drifting zooplankton in garden eels” – Alexandra Khrizman et al., Journal of Experimental Biology, August 2018
- “Spawning behavior of garden eels, Gorgasia preclara and Heteroconger hassi (Heterocongrinae), observed in captivity” – Tomohiro Kakizaki et al., Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology, August 2015
- “This Japanese aquarium wants you to FaceTime its shy eels” – Emiko Jozuka, CNN Travel, May 2020
- “First direct evidence of adult European eels migrating to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea” – Rosalind M. Wright et al., Scientific Reports, October 2022
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Just the Zoo of Us is an animal review podcast by Ellen & Christian Weatherford of Jacksonville, Florida. Every week, each host selects one animal submitted by a listener to research, review, and rate out of ten in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity and aesthetics. Guest episodes feature experts from all over the world sharing their knowledge and insight into the animal world.
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