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World Eel Day 2025!16th May - Huge thanks to @foxsnails for another fantastic poster and for suggesting this year's optional theme: Eelvasion! Tag/# us in your eel activities to get involved #eels #worldeelday #worldeelday2025 eels.cargo.site

🐍 It’s #EelWeek2025!
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) travels 5,000–7,000km from the Sargasso Sea to the Thames: one of nature’s greatest migrations.
But it’s critically endangered. Dive in:
🔗 Fish Migration Roadmap thamesestuarypartnership.org/fish-migration… 
#ThamesEstuary #EuropeanEel

4/ Q4: What’s the leading cause of their population decline? A. Natural predators B. Climate change C. Barriers & overfishing D. Lack of food 📉🌍

3/ Q3: What’s the term for a young eel migrating into freshwater? A. Leptocephalus B. Glass eel C. Elver D. Yellow eel 🦯💧

2/ Q2: How far do they migrate to spawn in the Sargasso Sea? A. 1,000 km B. 3,000 km C. 5,000–7,000 km D. 10,000 km 🌊🧭

🧵🧠 Think you know eels? Let’s see how slippery your science is… Take our #EelWeek2025 quiz and test your freshwater fish facts 👇 1/ Q1: True or False European eels can travel across wet surfaces to bypass migration barriers. 🐍🌧️

Huge thanks to all those who helped with the World Eel Day pop up show today! This film was taken as we put it up #worldeelday #worldeelday24 @RuthieCollins @SEGandrewK

And this new essay by @1lauragutierrez explaining the #harms faced by #EuropeanEel #WorldEelDay beastlybusiness.org/2024/01/22/wha…

#WorldEelDay + we’re bringing you content ALL ABOUT EELS! European eels (Anguilla Anguilla) live in rivers, lakes, estuaries, + coastal waters, adapting to various salinities + temperatures. They're catadromous: living in freshwater, migrating to the sea to breed. #worldeelday24

Little is known about European eels (Anguilla anguilla), but extensive research has revealed some of their mysterious ways…let’s start with their lifecycle - watch below to hear all about it from Jack, our resident eel enthusiast. #worldeelday #worldeelday24 #AnguillaAnguilla

@DrKarrSchmidt @NewberryLibrary @greenleejw Brilliant!

How can we help our amazing eels? 🪢EEL ROPES🪢 are a low-cost, nature-based solution that lets eels bypass otherwise impassable barriers. Watch here: buff.ly/3WM82R8 #WorldEelDay #NatureBasedSolutions #EelConservation

Beautiful prints and blocks made by Andrew Worman and @LoukasMorley in our exhibition at @NWTCleyCentre @eelsuitcase #worldeelday #worldeelday24

Finally, to round off #WorldEelDay, here’s an ‘eely’ good talk Jack delivered on everything about the European Eel! Jack is behind the #ForgottenFishProject👉tinyurl.com/3hz6xr6x Tune into the talk: youtu.be/BGxASCtoHfM + repost to show your support for #WorldEelday24!

#Worldeelday2024 and here's a nostalgic poem about eels in #Manaccan on the #Helfordriver back in the 1970s @eelsuitcase