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More than a century ago, all that people knew about European eels was that they lived in the rivers and streams for decades \u2014 until they swam out to the ocean and never returned. Eventually, tiny eels would show up and the cycle would start again. Where did the adult eels go? Where did the baby eels come from? Did they even reproduce at all or just spontaneously emerge into being? Science now has some \u2014 but not all \u2014 of the answers to these questions. Today on the show, Regina G. Barber talks to fish physiologist Arjan Palstra about this mystery and how close scientists are to solving it.<\/p>\n

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More than a century ago, all that people knew about European eels was that they lived in the rivers and streams for decades \u2014 until they swam out to the ocean and never returned. Eventually, tiny eels would show up and the cycle would start again. Where did the adult eels go? Where did the baby eels come from? Did they even reproduce at all or just spontaneously emerge into being? Science now has some \u2014 but not all \u2014 of the answers to these questions. Today on the show, Regina G. Barber<\/a> talks to fish physiologist Arjan Palstra<\/a> about this mystery and how close scientists are to solving it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you liked this episode, check out our <\/strong>episode on the Pacific lamprey<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interested in more science mysteries? Email us your question at <\/em>shortwave@npr.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <\/em>plus.npr.org\/shortwave<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-wave"],"yoast_head":"\nPrepare to be baffled by what we don't know about eels - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1635\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prepare to be baffled by what we don't know about eels - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More than a century ago, all that people knew about European eels was that they lived in the rivers and streams for decades \u2014 until they swam out to the ocean and never returned. 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