In the summer, I got restless and wanted to move on.

Follow my journey as I enter the waterways and wetlands.
During this stage I am known as an elver. I have become darker and my shape helps me to swim up streams, slither into wetlands and climb over damp rocks."

Watch the elvers migrating upstream.

Click on the places where these elvers, go to find out what they grow into.

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