<p>Name:</p><p>Mystery Travelers: EELS</p><p>1.) They spend decades in ______and ______, then cross ______and spawn in secret.</p><p>2.) How long does it take Ray Turner to build the traps? </p><p>3.) How long does the eel run last? </p><p>4.) When does the eel run occur? </p><p>5.) The eel is the “______of ______”. </p><p>6.) What is flying above to capture the migrating eels as well as Ray Turner? </p><p>7.) When the eel run is good, how many eels can Turner capture? </p><p>8.) Explain what Ray Turner does to the biggest female eel and why?</p><p>9.) How many eggs can a female eel lay? Name:</p><p>10.)How much money does Ray Turner make from selling eels?</p><p>11.)Do people eat eel? </p><p>12.)How should an eel be prepared or cooked? </p><p>13.)Freshwater eels, of the genus ______are ______fishes. </p><p>14.)How many species of eel are there? </p><p>15.)How many subspecies? </p><p>16.)Explain difference between anadromous and catadromous fish: </p><p>17.)Where do you usually find female eels? </p><p>18.)Where do you usually find male eels?</p><p>19.) NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS WHAT? (THIS IS INCREDIBLE!) Name:</p><p>20.) Eels that you catch in ponds or creeks emerged from eggs in which sea? </p><p>21.)Describe why James Prosek (the author) does not attempt to keep eels anymore: </p><p>22.)Will eels emerge from water to take offerings of food? YES OR NO</p><p>23.)List some organisms that eels will eat: </p><p>24.)What is one of the greatest unseen journey’s of any creature on the planet:</p><p>25.)List some of the dangers that eels face along the way: Name:</p><p>26.)List a problem that scientists found while studying eels: </p><p>27.)When do sex organs appear in eels and why is this a problem? </p><p>28.)Johannes Schmidt amassed data showing that the farther from the European coast, the ______. </p><p>29.)Where did Johannes Schmidt believe that eels spawn? </p><p>30.)In 1991, what did the scientists find out in the Pacific Ocean? </p><p>31.)Nineteen years later, what are these two dudes doing? </p><p>32.)Why is it so difficult to find eels spawning? </p><p>33.)For James Prosek (the author) what is the greatest beauty about eels? Name:</p><p>34.)Describe what is happening to the eel populations: </p><p>35.)In November 2004, what did the 2 brothers attempt? </p><p>36.)What is causing a HUGE problem for eels in the St. Lawrence River System? </p><p>37.)What occurred in February of 2007? </p><p>38.)What could occur to eels that survive the dams? </p><p>39.)Why is eel never served raw? </p><p>40.)What is the eel dish that people eat called? Name:</p><p>41.)What are baby eels called and why? </p><p>42.)How long is the eel season in Maine? </p><p>43.)Why did Yang quit making shark fin soup? </p><p>44.)What does “tuna” mean for indigenous people? </p><p>45.)The eel is a morehu, which means ______. </p>