Tonight, the Ski Boy and I did dinner at Pete's Sushi with two of my favorite infamous work buddies - John and Jim. As always we had a rollicking good time.
As Jim was ordering his unagi rolls, he enlightened us on a little fishy factoid that I was certainly totally clueless about.
I've lived in Alaska my entire life and thought I had a handle on most things Alaskan. However, who knew that eels left the Bering Sea and swam up the Yukon to spawn and die? Who knew that there were eels in Alaska? Who knew that eels actually got it on and then died in Alaska?
As John put it, those spawning eels certainly must be one gnarly, writhing, orgiastic mass. Sort of boggles the mind doesn't it?
Just as a note, those writhing eels are actually Lethenteron camtschaticum, commonly known as the Arctic Lamprey. As someone who has dissected more than their fair share of Lampreys (hundreds actually), I can tell you that the vision of mass Lamprey sex is not particularly appetizing.
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