Oh yuck!

[Archae]

I mean, eeewwww...

And where were the eels supposed to be delivered?
Do people eat them?

DEPOE BAY, Ore. (AP) — A truck hauling eels overturned on an Oregon highway, turning the coastal road into a slimy mess.

Oregon State Police on Thursday posted a photo on Twitter that showed damaged cars covered by the gooey eels. The agency also posed the question: “What to tell the #drycleaner?”

Meanwhile, the Depoe Bay Fire Department posted a video of workers using a bulldozer to clear the eels from Highway 101.
Police said Salvatore Tragale was driving north with 13 containers holding 7,500 pounds (3,402 kilograms) of hagfish, which are commonly known as slime eels.

As Tragale approached road construction and tried to stop, one container flew off the truck bed and into the southbound lane, while the other containers spilled onto the highway, police said.

The flying container hit one vehicle which then caused it and four other vehicles to be pushed into each other. Police said the people in the vehicle hit by the container suffered minor injuries. No one else was injured.

When hagfish become stressed, they secrete a slime, which can be seen in the photos on the vehicles and on the highway, police said.

http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Eels-from-overturned-truck-slime-cars-on-Oregon-highway-434498183.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. This might turn up one one of those Farmers Insurance TV ads.

The "We've seen everything" ones. I bet they haven't seen this one yet.

[drray23]

2. Yes people eat them

It's a delicacy when properly prepared. It does not look appetizing but it tastes really good. It's a French recipe favorite. I never had any in the US but I would not be surprised it's popular in some places as well.

For example, http://www.750g.com/anguille-a-la-persillade-r58693.htm

[Gabi Hayes]

3. Ha....Charles Blow compared trump etal to

To an oil barrel filled with slithering eels

[GoCubsGo]

4. They're considered a delicacy in Korea and other parts of eastern Asia.

Their skin is also made into leather for wallets. They aren't really eels. They're closely related to sea lampreys.

[pirateshipdude]

5. I was going to drive to the ocean today.

I will have to find out what part of 101. I do not want to encounter the smell, or yuck of this.

[VermontKevin]

6. Eels are delicious. Broiled, with the proper barbecue sauce, they are a sushi bar favorite. Unagi

My family is Italian. We fry them in strips like calamari, broil them, bake them.

My grandmother used to bring one home for the Feast of the 12 Fishes and keep it in the cellar bathtub. I know how to skin one properly.