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MinuteEarth
Minute Earth
What do YOU have in common with an Electric Eel?
OCT 25, 20261 MIN
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Description
An electric eel can deliver a shock of as much as 860 volts, which is about seven times higher than the voltage of the average US power outlet. That’s enough to paralyze other animals, or even kill them outright.
Being able to produce electric shocks sounds… well… shocking, but all animals are capable of producing electricity – even you. Every time an animal’s nerve or muscle cell fires, it generates an itty-bitty amount of electricity; these tiny jolts do all sorts of important jobs, from regulating an animal’s heartbeat to making it’s body move.
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