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The electric eel starts out as an egg. Until the hatched egg turns to an adult, it stays pretty close to home. After about 10 years it goes back to the same area where it was hatched for spawning. Electric eels can live for a very long time.

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Electric eels are known to live up to 15-20 years in the wild. However, in captivity they can live even longer, up to 25-30 years.

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The average life expectancy of an eel is about 55 years but there are some that live to be over 100 years.

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Up to 15 years

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55 to 100 years

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