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ENVIRONMENT
& WILDLIFE
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The Eel the ocean to spawn. During the long 9-month journey
to the deeps seas of the Pacific, the eel swims on
without eating, which is why Asians believe that the
eel is a good food that enhances stamina. The eels that
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were born in the Pacific, retrace their mother’s memory
and travel over 3000 km to return to the river.
The eel returns home as a small eel, however the road
The eel is known to be a food good for stamina. Once upstream is a difficult one. Because of the reckless
a fish that could be caught easily in a nearby river, it is construction of estuary barrages, the eels are unable to
now on the verge of extinction. swim over the high barrages and die. The eel has one
Like the salmon, the eel is a migrant fish that comes opportunity to go over the barrage - an opportunity that
and goes between the ocean and the river, but unlike lasts for only a single day, during the high tide of a full
the salmon, the eel matures in the river and returns to
moon.
