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>The ancient Egyptians believed that eels were produced by the sun warming the Nile
>Aristotle decided that eels emerged spontaneously from mud and rainwater
>Pliny the Elder thought that new eels developed when old eels rubbed away parts of their bodies on rocks
>As late as the eighteen-sixties, a Scottish author espoused an old belief that they began their lives as beetles
>Some believed eels were born of sea-foam
>Some believed eels were created when the rays of the sun fell on a certain kind of dew that covered lakeshores and riverbanks in the spring
>In the English countryside, where eel fishing was popular, most people adhered to the theory that eels were born when hairs from horses’ tails fell into the water
But who cares where eels come from???
The fact of the matter is, the eel is back.
GYAN~!
