"Some 2,000 years ago Aristotle declared that eels were generated spontaneously from mud."
— Aristotle

January 1, 1970

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Philosophers from GreecePolymathsNatural philosophersMathematicians from GreeceBiologists from Greece
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Rachel Carson "Chesapeake Eels Seek the Sargasso Sea" article included in Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson (1998)