Scientists reveal why 2.8 million eels gather near southeast Australia coast

Scientists have discovered around 2.8 million eels gathering in the deep waters off southeast Australia, near a seamount south of Tasmania. Scientists believe the basketwork eels gather there to reproduce. Although usually found along the southern coasts of Australia and Africa, they have been congregating at Patience Seamount since the 1980s, with numbers peaking between March and May.

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