{"id":773,"date":"2014-01-15T15:18:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T15:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=773"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:48","slug":"feiten-over-paling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/facts-about-eels","title":{"rendered":"Feiten over paling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. Palingbloed:<\/strong>\u00a0Palingbloed is giftig voor mensen, maar het gif wordt geneutraliseerd door koken (met warmte) en door het verteringsproces in ons maag-darmstelsel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Elektrische alen:<\/strong>\u00a0Een sidderaal is geen paling, maar een <a href=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/feiten-over-vissen\/\">vis<\/a> behorend tot de familie van de mesvissen (Gymnotidae)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Huid:<\/strong>\u00a0Palingen hebben geen schubben, maar een zachte huid bedekt met een slijmlaag die hen beschermt tegen snijwonden en schrammen wanneer ze rond riffen zwemmen (hoewel sommige palingsoorten zeer kleine schubben hebben).<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Lengte:<\/strong>\u00a0De lengte van palingen kan per soort sterk verschillen; de kortste zijn slechts 5 cm en de langste tot wel 4 meter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Gewicht:<\/strong>\u00a0Paling kan tussen de 30 gram en 25 kilogram wegen. De zwaarste paling ooit was een zeepaling (Conger conger) die maar liefst 110 kg woog en 3 meter lang was.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7838\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aal-fakta-2.jpg\" alt=\"Feit: alen paaien tot 6.500 buiten hun normale habitat\" width=\"800\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aal-fakta-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aal-fakta-2-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aal-fakta-2-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aal-fakta-2-18x8.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naamsvermelding: Gervais, H. - Wikipedia.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Feit: Sommige palingsoorten zwemmen tot wel 6.500 km om kuit te schieten, wat wel 7 maanden kan duren - en tijdens deze reis eten ze helemaal niets!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Habitat:<\/strong>\u00a0De meeste alen leven in ondiep water in zee en begraven zich in zand of modder tussen rotsen (bijv. in een rif).<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Palinggaten:<\/strong>\u00a0Sommige alen leven samen in zogenaamde \"palinggaten\".<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Zoetwatertong:<\/strong>\u00a0Alleen zoetwateralen (Anguillidae) leven in zoet water; en deze keren ook terug naar zout water om te paaien.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Diepte:<\/strong>\u00a0Sommige palingsoorten leven in diep water tot wel 4.000 meter diep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Wervels:<\/strong>\u00a0Alen hebben meer dan 100 wervels, waardoor ze extreem flexibel zijn<\/p>\n<h2>Andere feiten over paling<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Classificatie:<\/strong>\u00a0Paling is een orde van vissen die bestaat uit 20 families, 111 geslachten en ongeveer 800 soorten.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roofdier:<\/strong>\u00a0De meeste alen zijn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/feiten-over-roofdieren\/\">roofdieren<\/a> en hebben zeer scherpe tanden en krachtige kaken<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eten:<\/strong>\u00a0Alen eten bijna alle kleine dieren in de zee, waaronder: schaaldieren, vissen, inktvissen, mosselen en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/feiten-over-slakken\/\">slakken<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Palingleer:<\/strong>\u00a0Palinghuidleer is extreem duur, maar komt niet van paling; het is de huid van de Pacifische slijmprik (Eptatretus stoutii).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nachtdieren:<\/strong>\u00a0De meeste palingsoorten zijn alleen 's nachts actief en worden daarom zelden door mensen gezien.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paaien:<\/strong>\u00a0Sommige palingsoorten zwemmen tot 6.500 km om kuit te schieten, wat 7 maanden kan duren. Tijdens deze periode eet paling vermoedelijk niet; in plaats daarvan consumeren ze de voedingsstoffen in hun lichaamsvet en spierweefsel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rupsen:<\/strong>\u00a0Palinglarven beginnen hun leven drijvend op de oceaanstromingen. Ze doen er 3 jaar over om volwassen te worden<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Palingbloed: Palingbloed is giftig voor mensen, maar het gif wordt geneutraliseerd door zowel koken (met warmte) als door het verteringsproces in ons maag-darmstelsel 2. Elektrische paling: Een sidderaal is geen paling, maar een vis die behoort tot de familie van de mesvissen (Gymnotidae) 3. 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