A-town... Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 it was returned to the stream system as it wanted to go to sea have shut down a lot of the big tanks in ready for the move I thought you wernt allowed to return species to the streams lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 technically it never left the stream same water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Thanks Sam, we used to live in Umawera, but unfortunately work is scarce, not to mention that basic services are all but nonexistent. Okaihau is about as far north as I'd like to be. Ummm, not that I'm arguing with you or anything but according to that NZ eel website, the average weight for the NZ longfin eel is 24kgs and they live to about 34 years for the females....120yrs just seems a bit out there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 i remember as a kid watching my uncle reo, 6ft tall, riding a horse with a baling hook through the gills of a huge eel and its tail was dragging on the ground by at least a foot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Ummm, not that I'm arguing with you or anything but according to that NZ eel website, the average weight for the NZ longfin eel is 24kgs and they live to about 34 years for the females....120yrs just seems a bit out there.... http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/nat ... facts/eel/ Check that out, pretty cool animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 That's a good link Ant, ties in well with the chapter in Stella's book that I have just been reading... they are cool animals, would never have thought eels were so cool... migrating out to pacific ocean once, breeding and dieing... always amazes me when you find stuff like this out. So like most NZ Native species (fish, birds, mammals etc) they are slow breeding, which means they are at more risk than exotics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Newman Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Pretty 8) cool 8) alright. Indonesia is a long swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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