Using writing, illustration and absurdity to talk about the critically endangered European Eel, with @LukeThompson210 & @JohnDKilburn Header illo Fox Vincent.
South West, England
Joined March 2018
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Eel Suitcase retweeted
World Eel Day 2025!16th May - Huge thanks to @foxsnails for another fantastic poster and for suggesting this year's optional theme: Eelvasion!
Tag/# us in your eel activities to get involved
#eels #worldeelday #worldeelday2025
eels.cargo.site/
Eel Suitcase retweeted
🐍 It’s #EelWeek2025!
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) travels 5,000–7,000km from the Sargasso Sea to the Thames: one of nature’s greatest migrations.
But it’s critically endangered.
Dive in:
🔗 Fish Migration Roadmap thamesestuarypartnership.org…
#ThamesEstuary #EuropeanEel
ALT Infographic showing eel lifecycle stages from Thames Rivers Trust’s Lifecycle of an Eel
Eel Suitcase retweeted
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Q4: What’s the leading cause of their population decline?
A. Natural predators
B. Climate change
C. Barriers & overfishing
D. Lack of food
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Eel Suitcase retweeted
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Q3: What’s the term for a young eel migrating into freshwater?
A. Leptocephalus
B. Glass eel
C. Elver
D. Yellow eel
🦯💧
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Q2: How far do they migrate to spawn in the Sargasso Sea?
A. 1,000 km
B. 3,000 km
C. 5,000–7,000 km
D. 10,000 km
🌊🧭
Eel Suitcase retweeted
🧵🧠 Think you know eels? Let’s see how slippery your science is…
Take our #EelWeek2025 quiz and test your freshwater fish facts 👇
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Q1: True or False
European eels can travel across wet surfaces to bypass migration barriers.
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World Eel Day 2025!16th May - Huge thanks to @foxsnails for another fantastic poster and for suggesting this year's optional theme: Eelvasion!
Tag/# us in your eel activities to get involved
#eels #worldeelday #worldeelday2025
eels.cargo.site/
Huge thanks to all those who helped with the World Eel Day pop up show today! This film was taken as we put it up
#worldeelday #worldeelday24 @RuthieCollins @SEGandrewK
Eel Suitcase retweeted
And this new essay by @1lauragutierrez explaining the #harms faced by #EuropeanEel #WorldEelDay beastlybusiness.org/2024/01/…
Eel Suitcase retweeted
#WorldEelDay + we’re bringing you content ALL ABOUT EELS! European eels (Anguilla Anguilla) live in rivers, lakes, estuaries, + coastal waters, adapting to various salinities + temperatures. They're catadromous: living in freshwater, migrating to the sea to breed. #worldeelday24
Eel Suitcase retweeted
Little is known about European eels (Anguilla anguilla), but extensive research has revealed some of their mysterious ways…let’s start with their lifecycle - watch below to hear all about it from Jack, our resident eel enthusiast. #worldeelday #worldeelday24 #AnguillaAnguilla
Eel Suitcase retweeted
How can we help our amazing eels? 🪢EEL ROPES🪢 are a low-cost, nature-based solution that lets eels bypass otherwise impassable barriers. Watch here: buff.ly/3WM82R8 #WorldEelDay #NatureBasedSolutions #EelConservation
Eel Suitcase retweeted
Beautiful prints and blocks made by Andrew Worman and @LoukasMorley in our exhibition at @NWTCleyCentre @eelsuitcase #worldeelday #worldeelday24
Eel Suitcase retweeted
Finally, to round off #WorldEelDay, here’s an ‘eely’ good talk Jack delivered on everything about the European Eel! Jack is behind the #ForgottenFishProject👉tinyurl.com/3hz6xr6x
Tune into the talk: youtu.be/BGxASCtoHfM + repost to show your support for #WorldEelday24!
Eel Suitcase retweeted
#Worldeelday2024 and here's a nostalgic poem about eels in #Manaccan on the #Helfordriver back in the 1970s @eelsuitcase
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Gorgeous workshop with children celebrating marine life and #Worldeelday in East Ruston today. Fun with an outdoor nature poetry trail, playing eels and ladders and making art and poems 🩵 #worldeelday24 @eelsuitcase @BroadsAuth @LovetheBroads @NorthNorfolkDC #wonderofeels
