University of Florida researchers are asking South Florida residents for help against the spread of Asian swamp eels. “These fish are difficult to find, and that’s exactly why we need the public’s help,” Frank Mazzotti, a professor of wildlife ecology with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in Fort Lauderdale, said […]
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Florida has an Asian swamp eel problem
They can breathe air, survive in low-oxygen conditions, and persist through wet and dry seasons by burrowing into mud.