The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World Chicago From the New York Times

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Book on Pie and The Fearless Baker

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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World Chicago From the New York TimesPart H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the worlds most elusive fishthe eeland a reflection on the human condition Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the eel question: Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature