Prepare to be shocked, literally. In this episode, we uncover the insane biology of the electric eel, one of the only ...

Before he was shocked by a leaping electric eel, Kenneth Catania wasn’t sure what it would be like. In fact, no one was really sure. So, in the name of finding out exactly how much of a jolt the ...

An electric eel's shocking power when it jumps up to attack predators depends on its size and how far it jumps out of the water, new research shows. So, what does it feel like to get shocked by an ...

With this question in mind, I set out on what would become a three-year mission to unravel the mechanism of the eel’s attack and the effects of its shocks on both prey and would-be predators.

But when the eels attacked, Catania found, they released high-frequency pulses that quickly immobilized the prey. These attacks can be shocking -- a large eel can deliver a stinging 600 volts.

Maybe the net seemed like a predator coming down from above, and leaping out of the water somehow intensified the eel's ability to shock. He started to explore this possibility by threatening the ...

To my knowledge, there are no specific studies on why eels can shock other animals without shocking themselves but one possible explanation could be that the severity of an electric shock depends ...

Few people would consider willingly getting shocked by an electric eel, but one bold biologist subjected himself repeatedly to the zaps in the name of science. "We've known these animals give off ...

Unlike eels, electric eels are freshwater fish that spend most of their time at the bottom of muddy rivers and streams. 2. They Deliver Quite a Shock Electric eels come by their name for good ...