malseraph t1_iso32ep wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:56 PM Reply to TIL eels swim from a lake in Australia through stormwater drains and across the ocean to lay eggs in New Caledonia where they die. Their eggs hatch and make the return journey back to the lake they came from. by Aussiewhiskeydiver This phenomenon is also used as a major plot point in Robin Hobb's "Realm of the Elderlings" book series in a really interesting way. It starts it in her second series, "The Liveship Traders". Permalink 18
malseraph t1_iso32ep wrote
Reply to TIL eels swim from a lake in Australia through stormwater drains and across the ocean to lay eggs in New Caledonia where they die. Their eggs hatch and make the return journey back to the lake they came from. by Aussiewhiskeydiver
This phenomenon is also used as a major plot point in Robin Hobb's "Realm of the Elderlings" book series in a really interesting way. It starts it in her second series, "The Liveship Traders".