tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3429191886776203268..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Eels inside the cardiac chambers of a sharkMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71853958822833339822013-10-30T07:37:07.373-05:002013-10-30T07:37:07.373-05:00You're quite correct. I had to look up the et...You're quite correct. I had to look up the etymology:<br /><br />Greek, simo = flattening + Greek, enchelys, -yos = eel<br /><br />Fixed. Thanks, Jim.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64599536894573413312013-10-30T06:57:04.540-05:002013-10-30T06:57:04.540-05:00Simonchelys should read Simenchelys, i think.<i>Simonchelys</i> should read <i>Simenchelys</i>, i think.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-86813059095770635862013-10-29T12:52:12.855-05:002013-10-29T12:52:12.855-05:00Ugh! Disgusting and fascinating at the same time. ...Ugh! Disgusting and fascinating at the same time. Reminds me of lamprey eels and how they feed. And even common green river eels are pretty voracious. My grandfather used to net salmon in the river behind our house (we're talking back in the '20s and '30s here) and told me about pulling dead fish out of the net with a still-very-much-alive-and-wriggling eel's tail protruding from its mouth or gills. It would slither inside the immobilized fish and eat its viscera literally from the inside out. Ewww! At least even hagfish wait 'til their meal is dead!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com