this was a very elaborate and weird prank targeted primarily at philippe eko eel. philippe eko eel is, of course, an eel. but he's a player on the team - one of the best players, in fact - so he can't exactly be the mascot team pet thingy. but, the pranksters on the team such as @goldenglutes (not on the team right now btw) and @micool132 and @Jepox thought it would be funny to get a regular eel to keep around the lcoker room. while philippe eko eel is playing hockey and fulfilling sponsorships and winning awards and having human friends and communicating, there's a regular eel who's incapable of doing all of those things who lives in a tank in the atlanta inferno locker room. they've named him Neil the Real Eel and he's been a source of bonding for the entire team except for philippe eko eel who finds it pretty weird and off-putting. the team likes to get together and feed Neil the Real Eel some eel food every now and then and sometimes philippe eko eel grabs a lil bite even though he mostly eats human food now