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Meet the Short-Finned Eel: Nature's Underwater Transformer. They have a silvery belly that helps them sneak around underwater like secret agents and young eels haven't decided if they're going to be boys or girls yet.
Once they grow as long as a ruler, they choose their final form. Female eels can grow super long (around one metre) and can take up to 30 years to become fully grown.
Eels are carnivorous, and ferocious predators, eating crustaceans, fish, frogs, birds, snakes, and Australian native water rats.
The Pelican and Eel feeding show offers something unique.
Find Out MoreWe respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the greater Yugambeh language region, the Country on which Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital are situated today. We recognise their continuing connections to the land, sky, waters (waterways), and wildlife. We thank them for caring for this Country and its ecosystems.
We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.
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