Fun fact ! Electric eels are mostly tail and their anus is on what appears to be their chin !
Captivating ! ! !
actually their whole body is like hunched over.
the reason their anus, and indeed their entire hips is under their chin, is because their "back" is bent like a horseshoe shape.
it's just their literal tail that extends beyond.
eels are technically by definition tetrapod, i.e. they have 4 limbs, just like land creatures.
the two fins by the side of their head are attached at the equivalent of the shoulder. They actually have a limb either side of the anus as well, but they've shrunk down to the point where they're internal, similar to caecilians.
only their spine sticks out backwards, while all their internal organs essentially do a loop-de-loop.
crazy, huh?
