They do bite. If you annoy them. Or look like food, hovercraft would be ultrasafety.
I recently learned most species worldwide are threatened, so repopulation would be a great public service.
and let them be, even better. I suppose eel control is a thing.
retooting for all the fabulous answers - I don't have tons of followers, sorry, but it's a good question!
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this whole subthread, folks, is the gift that keeps on giving