Would you die if you swallowed an eel?

Now if the eel is alive….. not much changes. We know for a fact that it can't hurt us by means us disease or any other natural defenses except for it's mouth. Eel's teeth are razor sharp and have strong jaws so getting it in would be a major problem. read more

But you specified “no spikes” and the teeth count as spikes, so let’s put a muzzle on our eel’s mouth. There we go, we should be fine now. It can try to stay in your throat long enough to choke you but it would fall down and die in the stomach acids. read more

Possible innuendo aside, as far as I'm concerned most eels are edible so you should be okay. But then there is the very real possibility of choking and considering said eel is 2 inches in diameter that would be quite hard to swallow. read more