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Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the “eel question”: Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don’t understand what drives them, after living for decades in freshwater, to swim great distances back to the ocean at the end of their lives. They remain a mystery. Drawing on a breadth of research about eels in literature, history, and modern marine biology, as well as his own experience fishing for eels with his father, Patrik Svensson writes a book about this unusual animal. In The Book of Eels, we meet renowned historical thinkers, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud to Rachel Carson, for whom the eel was a singular obsession. And we meet the scientists who spearheaded the search for the eel’s point of origin, including Danish marine biologist Johannes Schmidt, who led research efforts in the early twentieth century, catching thousands upon thousands of eels, in the hopes of proving their birthing grounds in the Sargasso Sea. Blending memoir and nature writing, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death.
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- Full Book Name: The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
- Author Name: Patrik Svensson
- Book Genre: Animals, Environment, European Literature, History, Nature, Nonfiction, Science, Swedish Literature
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- ISBN #: 9780062968814
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- Edition Language: English
- Date of Publication: 2019-7-
- File Name: The_Book_of_Eels_-_Patrik_Svensson.epub, The_Book_of_Eels_-_Patrik_Svensson.pdf
- EPUB Size: 1.1 MB
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