Cayman Net News: Mysterious creature found in Cayman Brac

Mysterious creature found in Cayman Brac

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Many years ago I was living in Tallahassee, Florida, and the neighbors next to my apartment were having swamp muck put in their yard for their lawns. An eel which looked just like this one from Cayman Brac, came into our yard. Its head had a sort of duck bill mouth, and the pointed tail. The experts at Florida State University identified it as a "Lamprey eel" and said it was a good thing it didn't get to bite anyone, because it is a deadly poison type of eel that lives in the Florida swamps. I'm not advocating killing this eel found in C.B., but I suggest that someone may want to enquire further to be sure they have properly identified it and that it didn't have other members of its family left in the swamp where Mr. Sevik found it - Anonymous
This eel was once plentiful in the Meagre Bay Pond in the 1940's through the 1970's. It was not unusual for them to slither past the feet of duck hunters. However, because the waters were never really ventured into by any others, not many people were aware of it. There is no reason why they may not still be there today, because the pond is a protected site no one has ventured in it for many years - Son of the Soil