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Electric eels are remarkable, snake-like fish with the power to deliver electric shocks to defend themselves, hunt, navigate and even communicate with one another. But how does their amazing ability work?
4 gru 2014 · An eel’s electrical discharges can efficiently induce muscle contractions in fish, as they mimic the electrical pulses that the fish’s own neurons send to stimulate muscle movement.
2 cze 2016 · Sparky was an electric eel, a snake-like fish that can deliver incredibly strong electric shocks. It was sleek and dark gray, about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long, with tiny black eyes. Stoddard, a zoologist at Florida International University in Miami, kept Sparky in a tank in his lab.
14 sty 2021 · Researchers working in the Amazon filmed eels gathering in packs to herd prey, then stunning them with a synchronised electric shock.
2 lis 2015 · Electric eel slow-motion video shows deadly coil to kill big fish (VIDEO). Video. The Electric Eel Death Spiral. How the notorious fish take down especially large, feisty prey. By...
1 kwi 2019 · Typically three things happen when electric eels go in for the kill. First, they give off a full volley of high-voltage pulses, then they rapidly strike at the prey and suck it into their...
26 mar 2019 · The electric eel is only one of about 500 species of fish capable of delivering an electric shock. There are 19 species of catfish, which are related to electric eels, capable of delivering an electric shock up to 350 volts. Electric catfish live in Africa, mainly around the Nile River.
