we don't know how eels...ya know...

[@NonsenseWithGlasses]

I studied eels for half a year, and there are many reasons why we don’t know where or how they reproduce. I think the biggest issue is the fact that baby eels are completely transparent and only an inch long, so they’re basically invisible.

[@spruce8611]

Plus, they aren’t even eels yet so it’s harder to recognize

[@pokeyoureyeman2288]

@@spruce8611 I heard someone mention the whole eel reproducing thing and thought it wasn't true; So I looked it up. I read about them being reproduced in captivity and I believe the theory was the eels develop sex organs when they mature; Then the males release a cloud of sperm into the water and the females release a cloud of eggs when they're mating. I looked up videos of the larva too. I'm not sure how big they are but they look like a living doodle. They seem to be only skin and a nervous system.

[@somedude172]

i had to look it up because of this comment and jeez, they look like nematodes or something! its so crazy how tiny some animals start out

[@morganwhaley9119]

Obviously a single person turns into many eels. A single human turning into a single eel would be absurd!

[@elizabethbrandt8642]

One person has yards of intestine up in them. Yards of wiggle tube.

[@blumeiworld]

or they turn into one big eel?

[@einlandersvideos6213]

I'm sorry Miss Jackson, I am 4 eel's, never meant to make your daughter cry, I am just a fish and not a guy.

[@Crane_feather]

@@einlandersvideos6213 not sure where this came from but thank you

[@twothreebravo]

What about a person in a relationship?

[@lmd1131]

Things Amanda has in common with Freud: care deeply about eel reproduction

[@mariaquiet6211]

has many thoughts on your mom

[@nicholaslandry6367]

Does copious amounts of drugs

[@lynnwood1911]

Theres a guy who talked about the Freud eels thing.

[@a.s.1659]

died in 1939 at the age of 83

[@wowzerswoow]

@@lynnwood1911 Sam o nella

[@borderline_fae]

Language is so fluid, and I think that having an English degree just gives you more right to speak in slang, because you understand how language is always evolving.

[@Melissa-cl2rf]

hey now, let's not forget about the wonderful world of linguistics!

[@LovelessYayaoi]

English majors (and linguistics specialists, especially) get the hardest pass to abuse this hell-language as we please. It's the law.

[@solarprogeny6736]

literally if ur an english major and u dont use language as a quirk then wtf are u doin

[@solarprogeny6736]

@@Melissa-cl2rf linguistics is literally an english major component

[@Melissa-cl2rf]

@@solarprogeny6736 OOF ishei, as an English major but wannabe-linguistics-major, I am WOUNDED by your comment! LOL. there are def crossovers as w/ many majors, but at least at my university they were different majors requiring different knowledge bases

[@herodoesstuff]

the "eels are humans" theory is by far the best conspiracy theory i've ever heard. no way its not a joke but its SO god damn funny

[@alexc3337]

The eels that have the second smaller mouths in their mouth were geminis

[@Sparkle__Punk]

@@alexc3337 I'm a Gemini, and can confirm. My dental bills are a b*tch...

[@georgempacosta]

Somebody watch to much of The Witcher first season

[@tohstygohstygal]

Stop laughing. Eelmelia Eelheart didn't choose to be like this!

[@KNYD]

They had some holes in their hypothesis. Here's how they are fixed -Eels are a different form for human. They go to the Bermuda triangle to mate with humans, that is why when they have matured they return to the Bermuda triangle. - One human can produce thousands of eel babies, they essentially function like a queen bee. They will mate with several eels, store their sperm/eggs, and produce eels for the rest of their lives. -eel numbers have been going down, so has the number of people gone missing in the Bermuda triangle. We need more people to go missing in the Bermuda triangle in order to bring eel numbers up. I wish I had not thought of this.

[@vmrenadi]

Amanda, what you're missing is when the humans enter the Bermuda Triangle they actually travel through time, that's how there's more eels than people who go missing, they're borrowing from the future-past, or past-future, it's all quite complicated.

[@Ryder8u]

eels ARE the reproductive organs. the whole thing

[@Sabrina-sc1db]

Born to frick

[@blueestarr16]

Amanda just spiraling for 30 minutes (so you don't have to) is my favorite genre

[@hotcocoandart]

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist

[@AG_KEMPER]

Hello, fiend

[@emmaseif6789]

Like knowing how smooth sharks are

[@rya41209]

Like impregnating the eels and saying we don't know how it happened 😩👌

[@Whats_going_on_now]

@@rya41209 wut

[@ferhett]

@@rya41209 😦huh

[@KatesAdventures]

As a person with very little scientific knowledge, I'm watching this video and it's bringing up the same frustrating feelings as when someone loses their keys and I know they're there, they're just not looking hard enough.

[@Krauerking]

Then you might be happy to know that science also doesn't know why shower curtains blow in when taking a shower or why cats purr or humans yawn.

[@KatesAdventures]

@@Krauerking Thanks for that, I'll sleep well tonight 😂

[@LibertyMonk]

The best thing about the Bermuda Triangle is that you don't even need "currents" to explain it. It's just a gigantic swath of ocean larger than Alaska, and therefore statistic dictate that a lot of weird shit will happen in such a huge area. Meaning, if C'thulu is the cause of all the incidents in the region, C'thulu is also the cause of you missing a red light etc.

[@insomniacg]

And even then a sizeable portion of events attributed to it weren't even in it in the first place - there was a lot of publicity surrounding a few events in the vague vicinity (with their own reasonable explanations) then folks just started blaming everything on it. Like, it even became kind of a problem because people and things going missing were being attributed to a specific geographical area hundreds of miles away Surprisingly it's been pretty quiet since the widespread adoption of GPS

[@manboy4720]

we all know the bermuda triangle is actually a giant underwater government complex owned by various branches of the american government. they assassinate the ships so they don't find out!

[@FranNyan]

Plus, it's the superhighway of intercontinental travel. So combination of "it huge" and it having more ships on it than an LA freeway has cars means while a larger amount of ships go missing, it's actually a smaller percentage than other areas of the ocean. Like comparing the number of deadly car crashes in a city vs in a small town, basically.

[@terriblygluedtogether4564]

@@manboy4720 WRONG!! they capture people and brainwash them in order to build an army and take over the world

[@julesking1303]

“Even in the ocean, eels are shallow” ☠️ deserves more appreciation 😭

[@amandagrim9342]

My husband is working towards his MFA/PhD in English and uses "word" every time he hears something cool

[@Phoenix-sb6hl]

It could be similar to how the conditions are SO specific and impossible to replicate in captivity for hermit crabs. Like how hermit crabs go out to see to have their babies and it's super hard to raise baby hermit crabs because of how complicated and specific the water levels need to be. Doesn't explain the reproduction aspect though... hm

[@nix_cosplay]

Amano shrimp are the same way!

[@StonedSammieSue]

Well yeah there are a lot of animals like that tons of fish including some species of cichlids, pandas, etc. But we at least know where their reproductive organs are and at least have a concept of how they reproduce lol idk about this weird not finding organs

[@IONE_the_Enby]

Lots of animals don't grow their reproductive organs until a 'shift' happens; be it sea water temp/season, or only when they encounter pheromones of the opposite sex, there's lots of circumstances where the species will wait in its adolescent phase until the right conditions are met. 🤔

[@shesaid7136]

The eels/humans thing reminds me of that bit in the Witcher Netflix series where not so powerful magic wielders are turned into basically magic eel batteries so that will now forever be my head cannon. 😂😂

[@Cilibi]

Witches power the Burmuda Triangle

[@thebarkcrystal]

same 😂

[@MadamMelonMeow]

not to be parasocial but your smile and laugh just makes me happy ... my theory on the eels is that they trick us by breaking into pieces and forming more, smaller eels, which then grow large and do it again

[@jz-meister5343]

“Here is a video in the same vein as my dinosaurs on the moon video.” Say no more. I’m already sold.

[@glazdarklee1683]

I am impressed that you did a literature search on this before reacting! Well done. I don't know if you were just kidding about not understanding the "proximity" bit, but this is how most fish reproduce. The female drops her eggs and the male sprays them with sperm. No physical contact is involved. Not even snuggling.

[@sonorasgirl]

69th like. F*^# I’m a child 😂

[@XxdextriousxX]

I can only imagine the conversation Amanda has with her therapist. “So I’m upset about eels” Therapists: “…okay how did this happen” Her: “so I was on tiktok-“ Therapist: “GOD DAMNIT NOT AGAIN”

[@calupoh9788]

eel metamorphosis is so weird, nature really just goes "well, I guess you don't need those reproductive organs anymore"

[@tamarsommer6876]

the range in your content, truly impressive

[@_TheRoseCrow]

I love drinking coffee to these videos. It’s like watching a friend talk about a hyperfixation while also on the verge of a mental breakdown

[@user-xg3tp9rw4j]

15:16 FACTS! I grew up in Jamaica and this is a universal truth. As kids, once we learn something weird we will dig into it. I was obsessed with the Bermuda Triangle and the Titanic.

[@mirrorball_13]

I am now traumatized, confused, and overthinking about seggs and I love it

[@Phantom124356]

I think the tin-foil hat dude has a point, according to the law of equivalent exchange, one human surely could make a lot of eels. Their larval stage is probably super tiny, so like, one strand of hair = 1 eel??? I don't think Ursula needs that much to work with to make more friends/minions

[@notfranki]

But human transmutation is ILLEGAL

[@Phantom124356]

@@notfranki Only if you get caught!

[@manboy4720]

@@notfranki *only in certain states

[@oonanas6507]

@@notfranki oh my god. The eels must have harnessed the powers of Philosophers Stone then! I wonder what their end goal is

[@bean2046]

@@notfranki Pretty sure the bermuda triangle is lawless open sea, isn't it?

[@robrifkin571]

when sleep deprivation and Alex Jone's theories of reptile people mix

[@mgtkvlogs]

My topic of interest as a child was how the first hospital in my state was founded by a women cause I had to do a project in elementary school and then never shut up about it

[@benjaminsmit781]

Can you tell me about that cause that sounds really interesting!

[@mgtkvlogs]

@@benjaminsmit781 I wish I remembered more cause it's been like 15 years, but it was a groups of catholic nurses that worked for the army and one of them married an important man in city government and basically jumpstarted a campaign for a Healthcare network and advocated for advanced sanitation practices. The Durham Western Heritage museum used to have a section on it but I think it's just a wall blurb now.

[@oonanas6507]

@@mgtkvlogs so do you think she did it cause of the guilt she felt for failing as a nun? 😄

[@mgtkvlogs]

@@oonanas6507 what? She was still a nun. It's was the seminary that all became nurses during the war then started the hospital system when they married doctors

[@oonanas6507]

@@mgtkvlogs … WHAT?? Maybe it’s cause I’m an European, but huh? The nuns became nurses cause of the war and then married nurses and started the hospital? They most definitely are not nuns then anymore 😳 aren’t they supposed to be the brides of God

[@bubmurphy]

Only 2 minutes in and I'm reminded of a trip to my favorite fishing spot where I stumbled upon 2 eels in mid coitus.This was fresh water and they slithered up onto the grassy shore and were wrapped around each other.I left them to it and kept it moving to my next spot.

[@lopezcarmencecilia]

I guess maybe fisherman know their breeing ground but scientist don't?

[@jen.g.]

Did anyone else hear her say “science adjacent” and finish it in your head by singing “with Evan and Katelyn”…or is that just me?

[@oldshoes5199]

I love that you’re engaging logically with the ‘eels are people’ conspiracy theory.

[@onomatopoeia7505]

"Millenials are killing the eel industry." Also, Amanda killed it with the promo. You rock that bod girl!

[@pbandjaina]

the video titles keep getting weirder and i’m here for it

[@SoaringLettuce]

15:57 "CHtulhu" YOU BREAK MY HEART AMANDA, you break my heart...

[@Mura_128]

Fun lovecraft fact, while there is a common pronunciation people use, Lovecraftian deities and beings names are only considered attempts at pronouncing unpronounceable names, therefore how she pronounced cthulhu is just as correct as the common pronunciation.

[@twothreebravo]

I've actually read all about this before (because it is fascinating) but watching you go full gonzo on it with included emotional breakdown was just pure art. Thank you for doing it.

[@noasperber163]

Hey Amanda! If you’re interested in learning more / making more content / correcting some of this information / answering some of your angry questions, I’m a biology student studying eel spawning as my graduation capstone project. Lots of weird stuff going on with eels that I’m getting very good at giving speeches about.

[@hannahhhstorrrmmm4681]

so random but my favorite part of your videos is always your laugh. its honestly adorable and makes me happy

[@nateaintdagreat]

Imagine dying before knowing how eels fuck… I’d be so embarrassed

[@ianh2950]

In the words of Dr. House "Sure you can get pregnant by sitting on a toilet seat. There has to be an eel between you and the toilet but yeah" Wait that's not how the quote goes.

[@Tiny_Koi]

Omg, this is one of my favorite subjects to tell people about. Happy you're making a video about it lol Thought you weren't gonna address it for a second, but yes we do know how they reproduce.

[@killeravocado]

This video reminded me that in grade 7 I did a project about the mysteries of the Sargasso Sea. I wish I had known about the eels back then lol

[@brigidfarley6347]

okay i cant not point out that she literally said "Chuhthulu" which. Is the funniest pronunciation of Cthulu possivle

[@celesteromero8084]

Thank you! I was hoping someone noticed that

[@elizabeth18365]

is that …. is that not .. how it’s pronounced? oh no

[@brigidfarley6347]

@@elizabeth18365 generally the accepted pronunciation is Kuhthulu, because there's no CH, and the apostrophe is most often used to block out vowels rather than consonants

[@ArthurianHistorian]

I think you can make the people to eel thing work. Eels are smaller than people, so we just need to imagine than one person actually makes multiple eels, it works by body mass instead of number of individuals

[@acemoncrief2774]

Thank you for your service of research, and for answering the question we were too shy to ask.

[@SS-xr7jf]

“Sex pollen fanfic” I knew all those years of reading fanfic would pay off in better understanding eel reproduction.

[@Lastlineshow]

I just love when Tiktokers state things as facts with so much certainty and than I do 2 minutes of google search and find out what the said is incorrect. Really enjoyed the video and appreciate that you actually did more research than the "Science guy".

[@itsjulli]

This is officially my favourite video on youtube

[@vimbert]

Amanda subtly coming for everyone's girlfriends in the sponsor section was somehow perfect.

[@elitettelbach4247]

I've vaguely heard of this issue before, but I always enjoy watching your rants about them

[@MythrilShotgun]

"Make sure your girlfriend's watching this." You just want to flirt with my girlfriend, Amanda! GOSH!

[@axaaril]

It's the fear of the unknown what's giving you anxiety, you are losing control so it makes you nervous

[@mcwjes]

Can't wait for Hank to get into this. I hope he says it's ok to eat them. They are much better than grass.

[@alessm2206]

Honestly I rewatched your Toggle vlog and was so confused when you kept referencing this video. I'm so glad the algorithm worked it's magic.😂

[@Theswedetwins]

eel: mom, dad, I’m a fresh water eel! eel parents: you’re not a part of this family anymore, pack your shit and leave

[@StonedSammieSue]

I found a research paper that describes how peacock eels reproduce but I can not link here. Basically it describes a courting dance where one lays eggs and the other shoots some sperm in the water to fertilize them. Lots of fish do it that way.

[@maiasalsamendi3736]

lmaoo Amanda losing her mind over eels for 23 min

[@srgriffithauthor]

My favorite thing in your videos is when you start cracking up laughing. It always makes me start laughing. 🥰🥰🥰 I have no theories on eels. I didn't know I needed to go down this rabbit hole 😂

[@ash_rock]

I'm so glad you reminded me to check my eels! I almost forgot!

[@jamimami717]

My grade school obsession was greek mythology

[@Ruthy101]

My old science teacher used to call this reproduction method (also used by fish) as “spray and pray”, they really just shoot the sperm and eggs out into the ocean and hope they fertilize!

[@enigmatic247]

You mention you dont understand how making videos and us watching them makes sense. Your sense of humor definitely helps amd you are also very attractive.

[@rogerroger9952]

Amanda fully called me out with the first alternate example to 5th-grade obsessions. Both me and my boyfriend went through a Titanic phase around that time, and it's just hilarious to me that it was such a common thing that it was her first suggestion after The Bermuda Triangle.

[@fedorczuk15anita]

love the chaotic energy in this

[@excessiveirony651]

“you can find whatever your bottom needs at meundies!” man i thought you were done talking about my girlfriend!

[@AM-kr4pv]

Heh

[@redred7702]

I had a couple eels once. I mean, stuff appeared, but it wasn’t eels. I woke up one day to find human baby fetuses in my aquarium.

[@ally7711]

I have a meundies dress that I wear to work (because it’s like actually a dress, not undies but made out of the same general material) and it’s SO COMFY

[@nix_cosplay]

I really thought we'd get a return of spiderman for meundies

[@cardcaptorclaire]

woah you literally posted this while I was at the aquarium being told by my boyfriend that we don't know how eels reproduce and I was like wtf are you talking about.

[@rejectedideas1827]

Guy : "how do eels do it?" Me : "I know who DOESN'T (eye roll)"

[@YeetMiskeet]

I have so many questions about how you got to this place

[@jeanneelise5118]

what i love about this channel the most: you never know what comes next

[@WhiteRaven696]

Alternate title: Amanda Obsesses Over Eel Sex For 23 Minutes

[@Amon_Gus799]

I wasn’t expecting to be reminded of how I’m single when I clicked on a swell entertainment video

[@bryannablake]

Yay new video, I love your content!

[@alicia379]

Ah, yes, the infamous BREMUDA Triangle.

[@EncyclopediaBrittanica]

That look of contemplation in the thumbnail let me know we were getting a banger this week.

[@Mavristheschooled]

God that add reminded me I’m bi. Didn’t need the reminder but I’m glad for it.

[@montserratcastellanos3754]

THANK YOU !!!! FINALLY!!!!! Not enough people are talking about eels!

[@UnorthodoxSoundwave.]

"Humans... could just be... my wiggly little friends... àhåhãhæ" -Amanda "Swell" Entertainment, 2k21

[@nix_cosplay]

My 5th grade obsession was Henry VIII. The eels are humans though

[@lalalakachow316]

SIS U SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING, currents r boring give me something fun and creative to forget the pandemic😂

[@yelitzamaria]

Well I'm Puerto Rican, born and raised on the island and part of the Triangle touches San Juan, Puerto Rico. I spent 28 years of my life going to the beaches of San Juan (so within the Bermuda Triangle) and saw no eel-humans, unfortunately (they must be hiding, clearly). I've also flown numerous times over/within the Bermuda Triangle and sad to report nothing spooky has ever happened (I obviously entered an alternate timeline at some point while flying and that's why I didn't notice).

[@sentientmarshmallow4644]

15:16 I had a Pompeii obsession in the 5th grade, yet to meet someone else that went through that

[@caelmack]

No lie, I was so ready for the Spider-Man outfit that I shocked 😂

[@seroquelz]

I just watched a documentary thing about this. Iirc they didn't even know what baby eels looked like until the 20th century, madness. They thought baby eels were an entirely different species of animal.

[@mariisoverit]

I am confused, amused and grateful for this video.

[@physicsaiden]

glad i wasn't the only one to be haunted by this thanks to tiktok

[@BarbarianGod]

so if humans become eels, does that mean What Lies Below was a documentary?

[@SW-zb6bf]

13:11 Ladies don't let the eels steal your mature special men

[@doodlepoodle8062]

What if there’s just one giant male eel that hides in a cave in the Bermuda triangle?

[@claudiochoices]

i love your videos, you are so pure, i always have fun. and I hope this is a great video

[@nkumar1]

Next video: I go to the Bermuda Triangle so you don't have to.

[@maybe8029]

The Bermuda Triangle freaked me out as a kid so I wasn’t really obsessed with it, I was like very invested in Anastasia Romanov and Greek mythology though.

[@Vampress09]

7:23 Because of this clip alone I now need eels to be the ace icons.

[@TriciaWonlove]

I can relate with how tired you are my dude 😴 I can't check my eels tonight I'm far to sleepy, I'm sure they'll be fine till tomorrow 👌🏻

[@charlirogers6235]

When I was nine, I went hard on Egyptian history. I'm fairly confident I could mummify a person accurately.

[@no-pajamapanda8548]

Man, that reminds me when you made that dinosaurs on the moon video I actually drew a picture from that and forgot to post it. Now when I'm done cleaning today I'm gonna have to remember to post that photo.

[@wouter1636]

that modeling ahah great ^^

[@lalalakachow316]

this right here is why i’m subscribed

[@larunasoftpaw570]

I love marine biology mysteries. Like the Deep Scattering Layer. Sounds ominous, and kind of is? Basically there’s this enormous biomass of fish in the deepest layers of the ocean that looks like the “bottom” of the seafloor but it’s constantly moving and it’s estimated to be about 65 to 95% of all fish biomass. At least that’s what we think, we don’t actually know much about it. Anyway the ocean is really really big and deep and full of secrets.

[@ducky19991]

Now this is the content I subbed for 📐