Australia's giant spawning eel ball estimated to contain 2.8 million eels
- Millions of eels gather like clockwork each year to make out along a ridge at the bottom of a deep-sea mountain off Tasmania.
- About 2.8 million basketwork eels (Diastobranchus capensis) — or 3.5 tonnes' worth — make the pilgrimage to a site next to Patience Seamount in the Huon Marine Park, according to a CSIRO-led study published in Royal Society Open Science.
- CSIRO fisheries acoustics researcher and study lead author Ben Scoulding said finding a spawning site for any eel species was unique.
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- Millions of eels gather like clockwork each year to make out along a ridge at the bottom of a deep-sea mountain off Tasmania.
- About 2.8 million basketwork eels (Diastobranchus capensis) — or 3.5 tonnes' worth — make the pilgrimage to a site next to Patience Seamount in the Huon Marine Park, according to a CSIRO-led study published in Royal Society Open Science.
- CSIRO fisheries acoustics researcher and study lead author Ben Scoulding said finding a spawning site for any eel species was unique.
Sources: Abc