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A study has found that an electric eel’s discharge is strong enough to transfer genetic material from the environment into the cells of nearby animals. The finding suggests that electric eels ...

Benjamin Franklin may or may not have flown a kite through lightning. But British scientist Michael Faraday, a 19th-century pioneer in electromagnetism, definitely grabbed an electric eel. He ...

How Strong Is a Zap From an Electric Eel? Shockingly Strong A biologist learns an eel’s power first hand, allowing himself to be repeatedly shocked in the name of science. Ben Panko.

Electric eels are even more shocking than biologists thought. When prey fights back, eels just — curl their tails. Muscle has evolved “into a battery” independently in two groups of fishes ...

New power sources bear a shocking resemblance to the electricity-making organs inside electric eels. These artificial electric eel organs are made up of water-based polymer mixes called hydrogels.

Electric eels might be the stuff of nightmares for some, but are they really electric – and do they have the power to give ...

Electric eels work together to zap prey. 14 January 2021. Share Save. Victoria Gill. Science correspondent, ... More than 200 years after the electric eel inspired the design of the first battery, ...

Electric eels probably wouldn't make most people's list of the world's most devious predators -- but they should. According to a new study, eels manipulate basic physics to double the charge ...

Washington - When it comes to unleashing their trademark zaps, electric eels employ an impressive and sophisticated set of tactics. A study detailed how these dangerous denizens of the muddy ...

There’s a reason you won’t find electric eels at your local petting zoo: these fierce creatures can release over 800 volts of electricity! That’s gotta hurt. But how are these powerful ...

More than 200 years after the electric eel inspired the design of the first battery, it has been discovered that they can co-ordinate their "zaps". Researchers working in the Amazon filmed eels ...