tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post74363192455934991..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: LIZZY CLANCY: The Snig HoleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-77555259416917454842009-08-10T20:51:18.758+01:002009-08-10T20:51:18.758+01:00That sounds VERY promising! Thanks for the info, D...That sounds VERY promising! Thanks for the info, Dr Holdsworth :)<br /><br />LizC-E Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587050412146604186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-20999490766278825052009-08-10T11:28:52.275+01:002009-08-10T11:28:52.275+01:00Well now, I've been commuting up and down the ...Well now, I've been commuting up and down the M66 for years, and I never knew that was there; I pass this place twice a day all the working week. From what I can see on Google Earth, there isn't just a river there but also a rather interesting set of mill ponds (undoubtedly where the eels were and probably still are to be found), with an aqueduct linking two sets of ponds over the river.<br /><br />These days the river systems there should be fairly clean and should support a fairly decent ecosystem; I have even seen fish in the river Medlock in the middle of Manchester, which is as fetid an urban river as you might ever want to stand upwind of, so eels will certainly be found in all the formerly industrial waters of Lancashire.<br /><br />In addition to this, fish are also fairly smart animals; much more so than is commonly thought. Fish are savvy enough to spend most of their time in the clean waters upstream of a sewage outfall, say, and occasionally move to the vile horror of the outfall stream to feast on detrivores like bloodworms that are usually to be found therein, before beating a hasty retreat to cleaner, more oxygenated waters elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com