(The Gist of Science Reporter) World Most Powerful Electric Eel

World Most Powerful Electric Eel

• Scientists at Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History discovered an approximately eight-feet-long eel (Electrophorus volta ) in the Amazon basin with a record-breaking voltage of 840 volts of electricity which is more than 650 volts discharged by earlier electric eel found.
• According to the study, the conductivity of water in which the eel lived may have influenced the voltage; the high voltage may be an adaptation to the poor conductivity of water.
• These eels use their shock method for self-defence, hunting prey and navigation.
• The study was published in Nature Communications.

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