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Loch Ness Monster isn't a dinosaur, say scientists — but it might it be a giant eel
Forget long-lived dinosaurs, over-size sturgeons or giant catfish: the mythical Loch Ness monster may have just been a very big eel. Scientists at the University of Otago, in New Zealand, came to the ...
First Loch Ness Monster Sighting of 2025 Reported: 'Some Kind of Dark Mass Under the Water'
A man was visiting Dores Beach in Scotland when he reportedly saw something in the water and took a photo — could it be the ...
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'Record' seven-foot conger eel trawled off Plymouth in UK
“What a beast!” Plymouth Fisheries posted on Twitter, alongside a photo of the slimy giant. Conger eels are the largest eels in the world, but fishermen rarely catch specimens of this siz ...
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Growing consumption of the American eel may lead to it being critically endangered like its European counterpart
To investigate the prevalence and consumption of endangered eels, a Yale-NUS College research team examined 327 individual eel products purchased across 86 retailers throughout Singapore. The team ...