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 ...

Researchers working in the Amazon filmed eels gathering in packs to herd prey, then stunning them with a synchronised electric shock. "It was really amazing - we thought these were solitary ...

The biologist determined that the closely space doublets and triplets that the eel emits correspond to the electric signal that motor neurons send to muscles to produce an extremely rapid contraction.

Electric eels are remarkable, snake-like fish with the power to deliver electric shocks to defend themselves, hunt, navigate and even communicate with one another. But how does their amazing ability ...

This process is highly controlled, and eels can regulate the strength and duration of their shocks. The Shock of the Hunt Electric eels primarily use their electrical abilities to hunt for food.

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.

The scientists have not been able to understand how the electric eel manages to generate electric shocks and not hurt themselves in the process. Also Read: Global superbug crisis: 40 million lives ...

Electric eels and fish were used by people in ancient ... and realized that electricity could cause a shock or seizure as well as, and more easily than, chemicals. It seemed like it should work ...

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.