2026-02-23 13:24:22
Kind of a dud article, given it promises mid than it delivers about the actual spawning process, but it contains an amazing fact:
Apparently Sigmund Freud did an unsuccessful stint as a marine biologist and was tasked with dissecting 400 male eels to try to find their reproductive organs, which he couldn't because despite being adults they aren't sexually mature until they migrate to their spawning grounds.
I feel like this explains a LOT about Freud's theories' focus on sexual organs (especially of the eel-shaped variety), in light of... Freud's theories.
https://fediscience.org/@tksst/116119712700119977
Link to source linked by article on the Freud factoid:
https://www.freud.org.uk/schools/resources/freud-the-physician/the-young-anatomist/
