All I can say is yuck! Freshwater eels live in the creeks and streams here and it is just creepy. Look at the size of those things. I took this picture in a nature reserve. A big item on many tourist activities is to see the daily eel feeding. Yuck again! I have never seen a feeding and I am pretty sure I don’t want to see it.
If you wade in certain streams, there is a good chance they will swarm around your ankles. Just damn creepy. Eels were a favorite food of the Maori back in the day but I am not sure that is still true. Maori refer to eels as “tuna,” which is very confusing. But I certainly have never seen eel on any menu or for sale in the grocery stores. I have eaten smoked eel at the sushi bar but I try not to think about it.
A Yank Among the Kiwis 