# The eel-huffing epidemic in young seals. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721 "2018-12-07T00:05:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/1 "2018-12-07T00:05:04Z")
Apparently an increasing number of young monk seals are being discovered [with eels jammed up their noses](https://www.livescience.com/64249-seal-eel-stuck-nose.html). Scientists don’t know why this keeps happening, but conciser it fishy. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/2 "2018-12-07T00:59:04Z")
High as a kite, everybody! Goofballs! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/3 "2018-12-07T01:42:59Z")
Great, now some college kid will want to ban eels. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/4 "2018-12-07T01:44:44Z")
I hope they’re not electric eels. Could be shocking.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/5 "2018-12-07T02:31:38Z")
If it feels good, who’s to say it’s wrong? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/6 "2018-12-07T02:53:05Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Great, now some college kid will want to ban eels. More likely, some college kid will want to start huffing eels himself. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/7 "2018-12-07T04:07:34Z")
I knew a pinniped who snarfed up an eel He snarfed up the eel to get the cod He snarfed up the cod to get the Lamprey That wriggled and twisted and slimed his nose damply He snarfed up the Lamprey to get the straw I don’t know why, he snarfed up a straw, It’s seal bourgeois ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/8 "2018-12-07T23:09:13Z")
The first rule about eel huffing is you don’t talk about eel huffing. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/9 "2018-12-08T15:05:36Z")
May the eel of Hawaiian monk seals fly up your nose ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/10 "2018-12-08T17:44:19Z")
Great! Now my hovercraft is full of _seals_… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/11 "2018-12-08T21:37:30Z")
“If all the other seals stuck an eel up their nose would you do it to?” “Sure, mom.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/12 "2018-12-08T23:29:29Z")
Maybe one eel told the others “Hey, gang, watch this!”, and the others didn’t want to look like cowards so they did it too. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/13 "2018-12-10T18:30:17Z")
A more important question is why are all of these eels running around with monk seals stuck on their heads? Hmmm? HMMMM? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/14 "2018-12-10T19:17:41Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > A more important question is why are all of these eels running around with monk seals stuck on their heads? Given that they’re all dead, I think it’s an apocalyptic suicide cult. More than half a dozen eels have already sacrificed themselves. They even [made a movie about it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seventh_Seal). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/15 "2018-12-10T20:37:14Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Maybe one eel told the others “Hey, gang, watch this!”, and the others didn’t want to look like cowards so they did it too. To which one replied, “How the hell can I hold your beer when I don’t have any hands? You’re drunk!” ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/16 "2018-12-10T23:25:56Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Great! Now my hovercraft is full of _seals_… Well, _I_ laughed my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/17 "2018-12-10T23:58:26Z")
When an eel hits your snout like an unmannered lout, that’s a moraaaay… ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/18 "2018-12-11T01:36:39Z")
Adenoidal seals attempt holistic cure. Film at eleven. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/19 "2018-12-11T06:35:13Z")
It makes me wonder how these guys ever got Bin Laden. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eel-huffing-epidemic-in-young-seals/825721/20 "2018-12-11T13:58:51Z")
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