Do 'electric eels', as the name suggests, can actually produce electricity? The science involving these aquatic hunters has ...

It was by studying the electric eel that Italian scientist Alessandro Volta was able to invent the first battery in 1800. Electric eels have three special organs that help them create electricity.

THE Amazon eel (Electrophorus) presents two types of discharges : one occurring in groups of high voltage, and another one, which appears in single peaks, of very low voltage 1,2.

When triggered, the cells generate a short-lived electric current that flows along the eels' body. "These animals are unique," said Dr de Santana. "They use high voltage discharge to hunt and now ...

In these clips, an electric eel in the lab attacks a dead fish attached to wire, which is shaken to simulate a struggle. The sounds represent the change in voltage level the eel is producing.

In a fascinating turn of nature, Amazon 's electric eels possess the remarkable ability to produce up to 860 volts of electricity—more than sufficient to power typical household devices.

An curved arrow pointing right. Vanderbilt University researchers confirmed a 200 year-old story that electric eels can shock a horse to death just by jumping out of water. The higher the eel ...