Monday, March 19, 2012




OK I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would come back with a really cool creature.The Electric eel.The Electric eel lives in streams and rivers of  South America.Their mane diet consists of invertebrates such as shrimp and crabs,however the adults will also eat fish and small mammals.These animals are considered apex predators in South America.Although eel is in their name they are not apart of the eel family.They are in fact  knife fish not eels.Now everyone knows that they have the ability to generate electricity from their bodies,not many people know exactly how much they can generate.They are able to produce 500 volts and 1 ampere of current (500 watts) such a shock could kill an adult human.

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  1. Okay, seriously? Did you have to post that"such a shock could kill an adult human"? Because that's not ending on a positive note. But thanks for the info

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