> > Ahem. I would just like to point out that, in all modesty:
> >
> > 1) I am *never* wrong;
> > 2) Even if I *was* ever wrong, yesterday in chat would not be an example;
> > 3) I did not spend four years working for a marine magazine, not to mention almost 30 years sailing and fishing, without learning at least something about fish;
> > 4) Just because Mousie is the one true ruler of BlitzBot does not mean she is smarter than me. Well, OK, it does. But I can, and will, ignore the logic in that, and say to her: Nyah nyah nyah.
> >
> > "Due to their migratory habits, eels are found from the ocean to small headwater creeks far inland. These creatures are skilled at working their way upstream over or around small waterfalls and dams. Sometimes, they even travel overland, probably on rainy nights in order to reach a new body of water." -- Smith, C. L., The Inland Fishes of New York State, NYS D.E.C., N.Y., 1985.
> >
> > Brunnen-"Sam, you owe me a point"G
>
>
> Note the verb: "travel"
> Vastly different than: "slither"
>
> So.
>
> They do not.
>
> Mou"but replace will always be a word, not a thing"sie

I kind wonder how a eel could travel on land *without* slithering. They can't walk, run, or crawl do to lack of legs. They can't hover. Maybe they curle up into a ring and roll to the next body of water. ;)

Speed'SlipperyasanEel'ball