The world would be a better place, if everyone would just listen to Eels.
My love is beautiful it's here for the taking,
it's strong and pure and utterly earth shaking
My love has brought me here to show you it's true,
a wretch like me, you make it through
"'We noticed some algae build-up, which generally is due to the stream water warming up,' said Hona Edwards, a member of a local guardian group that monitors the stream.
"'Then the biggest percentage of the stream was observed to range from very limited to no water flow. When there’s no flow, the dissolved oxygen reduces, and the toxins build up in the waterway,' he said.
"Such algal blooms occur when conditions such as warm water temperatures and low water volumes are coupled with nutrient flows from agricultural use and toxic #pollutants from human activities.
"While mass deaths of freshwater fish are known to occasionally take place across the world, a study of lakes in #Minnesota and #Wisconsin in the United States found that such incidents have increased globally in the past decade."
In medieval London, everyone from kings to peasants ate eels. But by the 19th C eels had largely become a street food.
In 1851, London imported 9.8 million live eels per year (mostly from Holland). 70% went to street vendors selling hot buttered eels in poorer parts of the city. #eels#medieval#history#london
Most eel-rents were paid in preserved fish (usually cold smoked). There were rents for fresh eels, but these were always for smaller numbers.
For example, in 1100 the priory of Hurley collected an annual rent from a property near Ely of 1500 dried & 40 "fat" (fresh) eels. #eels#medieval#history
The 16th C composer Thomas Whythorne wrote that maids go for looks, but widows have...um...other priorities. To court an experienced woman, he said, you "must not carry quick eels in your codpiece, but show some proof of being stiff." #eels#history#medieval#datingadvice
Got some friends you can't count on? If so, John Lyly (1580) has this advice for you:
He says such friends are like eels. You can't hold an eel w/ bare hands, so you use "a bitter fig leafe" wrap. And w/ your "friends", use "rough taunts", not "smooth talk" to keep them in true. #eels#history#friends
I'm having a surprisingly busy day, and am very late today with my eel tweet. But don't worry, friends...I won't leave you eel-less. Please enjoy this wonderful interlinear eel and heron. They make me happy. #eels#heron#medieval#history
The lifecycle and biology of American eel (kataq in Mi'kmaw) and their unique life cycle! Since 1963, the Canadian Wildlife Federation and Environment Canada have been producing top-quality video spots supported by detailed fact sheets, lesson plans and calls to action, all in the name of understanding and protecting Canada's diverse wildlife. VIDEO 4:41min:sec #fish#AtlanticCanada#novascotia#eels https://youtu.be/PusynXYasEg
Q: What do you get the man who has everything?
A: A happy afterlife!
Q: How do you do that?
A: Eels. Obviously.
In about 1500 Ralph de Baliol agreed to pay 2000 eels per year to get the monks at Castle Acre Priory, near King's Lynn, to pray for the soul of his lord, Earl Warren. #eels#medieval#history
Once upon a time, the English government wanted to increase trade with the Continent. At least...trade in eels.
In 1392, Richard II eliminated tariffs on eel imports, & asked foreign merchants to bring eels "from over sea, where they are abundant, to London where they are dear." #eels#history#Medieval#london
So you've got a fishpond, & you love eels. Should you put eels in your fishpond?
The Fleta, a 13th C. book on English common law, says NO. They'll eat the other fish, then eat each other. Then the remaining ones will just leave overland for a better home.