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Apparently there is a sport in England called "Eel Bowling". Perhaps the most amazing thing about this fact is that it's not in Germany. In Eel Bowling, contestants stand on platforms in the water and swing a giant conger eel at each other, in an attempt to knock the other players off their platforms. Even though the eel is already dead, animal activists were successful in their attempts to have the event cancelled, claiming the even was "disrespectful to eels". A spokesman for the event, which raises money for lifeboat crews said, "But it's a dead conger, for Pete's sake. I shouldn't think the conger could care one way or another." [Reuters, 7-29-06]