Eels are capable of sending electric shock at around the same power of a tazer, but before know scientists never knew how this mechanism worked. A nine month study at Vanderbilt University recently revealed that eels are very fast; They can strike and kill prey in a tenth of a second. The study also revealed that eels have three different types of electric discharges. One is a low voltage discharge used by the eels to sense their environment. The second discharge is two or three short high volts, and the third is a bunch of high-voltage and high-frequency pulses used in self defense or when hunting prey. I find this article very interesting because I have seen electric eels before and wondered how they work. When I read this article I finally understood the mechanisms behind an eels shock.
Vanderbilt University. (2014, December 4). Electric eels deliver taser-like shocks. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 7, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141204140610.htm
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