Prof. Sam LawlerYou know what's really cool? Sociable eels in small streams on a university campus in New Zealand.
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency@sundogplanets With the lack of scale reference I am forced to assume this is a huge river monster, the likes of which I was genuinely kind-of afraid of every time I was near a stream as a kid 😂 I think there was a children's show or something about a boy catching an enormous, monstrous eel 🤔
Bellycan@jwcph @sundogplanets ah yes, the New Zealand Longfin Eel river monster.
"Before long he is being swarmed by roughly a hundred of these 'devourers of men'."
https://river-monsters.fandom.com/wiki/New_Zealand_Longfin_Eel
With video.
New Zealand Longfin Eel
The New Zealand Longfin Eel is the largest species of freshwater eel. The Longfin Eel is featured in River Monsters Season 3. Jeremy Wade travels to New Zealand in search of the legendary Devourer of Men. He ends up narrowing his search to the New Zealand Longfin Eel. He eventually turns himself into human bait by rubbing rotting fish on a suit he put on. He then gets into the water in the hopes of attracting eels. However, he didn't bargain on getting very many. Before long he is being...
@pelicangut @sundogplanets 😱😱😱
@jwcph @sundogplanets I mean, he did rub fish all over himself to bring the eels to him…