Something's Fishy: Did 'Oldest Eel' Really Live 155 Years?

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 13:32 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Last week, a man in Sweden claimed that his pet, a freshwater male eel named Åle, died after having lived for 155 years in a backyard well. But was Åle really the oldest eel to have ever lived or the star of a fish tale?

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