After being swallowed alive, Japanese eels were able to escape from a predator fish’s stomach and swim to freedom through the fish’s gills, new research shows.

Eels. Just the name can bring shivers to some. Slippery, slimy and wiggly like snakes. All true, but some of us think they are amazing creatures. Yes, I confess to being enamored of these slippery ...

Until now, scientists had no idea how the eels managed to escape the digestive tract of predators.

Researchers determined in a new study that Japanese eels can escape a predator fish's stomach through a unique exit route after being swallowed whole by the biggest fish.

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A French court sentenced eight people for smuggling eel larvae in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to cocaine trafficking.

The American eel is doing well as they are found throughout the coastal waters of North America, and the juveniles are only fished commercially in Maine and South Carolina.