Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Scharpf
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 10:53 AM
> To: NANFA e-mail list
> Subject: NANFA-- ancient eel folklore
>
>
> Eels, of course, are a by-product of decomposition.
>
> They can also reproduce by rubbing their bodies against
> rocks, whereupon
> bits of skin come to life. In fact, parasitic worms living
> inside eels are
> fetal eels waiting to be born.
>
> Eels may also be spontaneously created when horse hairs fall
> into the water.
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
>
>
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