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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Source since the bottom was cropped off for some reason

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

farfgeld is sending me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Thanks. I did not get it from the source.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

why do I remember this as him dumping it in the tank and shouting but the eel is dead?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jon seems really, really strung out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Well yeah. He's not allowed to have a cat in the apartment

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When you're not allow to have a cat in the apartment...

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (3 children)

When I was a kid I bought an eel from the local Chinese grocery store. We went away one weekend and came back to it dried up and covered in hair on the floor. I thought it was dead because it was so dried out but the thing was still kicking when I went to bag it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It survived and lived for a good bit longer.

I wish I knew what species it was. If anyone knows what type of live eels they sold in Asian markets in central Illinois like thirty years ago lmk lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Damn, that's a tough bastard! Says online in "cool damp wet" conditions, they can live for days outside of water. It might have been cool, but I doubt it was that damp!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are very hard to kill

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You can’t prove that he isn’t!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is a very strange story, but I appreciate you sharing it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Some things just bring back memories you haven’t thought about in a while 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So was it dead after all? How did it get on the floor?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Nah it survived and lived for a good bit longer. I think it pushed the cheap lid/light combo off of its tank.