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Why do electric eels emit electricity?

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The electric eel generates large electric currents by way of a highly specialized nervous system that has the capacity to synchronize the activity of disc-shaped, electricity-producing cells packed into a specialized electric organ. read more

If the eel lived in air, the current could be as high as one ampere, turning the creature's body into the equivalent of a 500-volt battery. But eels live in water, which provides additional outlets for the current. read more

Some fish have primitive electric sensors that allow them to detect prey by sensing the faint electric charge that their prey emit. This electric charge is very faint but it seems that the electric eel and catfish have developed this by mutations over a long period of time. read more

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