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When eels stack thousands of the organ plates in a row, their bodies can produce much higher voltage electric fields.

Electric eels stack thousands of tiny cell plates together in their tails to deal powerful electric shocks to theElectric eels stack thousands of tiny cell plates together in their tails to deal powerful electric shocks to theelectric shocks to their prey.

An electric eel zaps biologist Kenneth Catania with pulses of electricity during a leap attack in this slow - motion video.

The way electric eels have been described by biologists in the past has been fairly primitive, says Jason Gallant, a biologist who heads the Michigan State University Electric Fish Lab in East Lansing who was not involved in thelectric eels have been described by biologists in the past has been fairly primitive, says Jason Gallant, a biologist who heads the Michigan State University Electric Fish Lab in East Lansing who was not involved in thElectric Fish Lab in East Lansing who was not involved in the study.

Catania's work reveals that «what the electric eel is doing is taking the electric ability that it has and using that to its absolute advantage in a very sophisticated, deliberate way,» he says.

This is Catania's latest study in a body of research analyzing the intricacies of an electric eel's behavior.

Catania placed his arm in a tank with a 40 - centimeter - long electric eel (relatively small as eels go) and determined, in amperes, the electrical current that flowed into him when the eel struck.

This new type of power source is modeled after rows of cells called electrocytes in the electric organ that runs along an electric eel's body.

In «Electric eels provide a zap of inspiration for a new kind of power source» (SN: 1/20/18, p. 13), voltage was incorrectly described as a measure of energy.

In «A researcher reveals the shocking truth about electric eels» (SN: 10/14/17, p. 4), Mariah Quintanilla reported on a biologist who recorded the electrical current traveling through his own arm during an electric eel's attack.

In an effort to create a power source for future implantable technologies, a team led by Michael Mayer from the University of Fribourg, along with researchers from the University of Michigan and UC San Diego, developed an electric eel - inspired device that produced 110 volts from gels filled with water, called hydrogels.

«You wouldn't voluntarily do it over and over again,» said Kenneth Catania, a professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and author of a new study about the electric eels» shocking behavior.

He said he hopes his new study might get other researchers wondering just what the electric eel is capable of hunting in the wild.

When the eel curls up in this horseshoe shape, something similar happens — it produces a strong electric field.

Kenneth Catania: It's almost as if these electric eels have taken a course in physics.

I mean electric eels just in my experience do not jump out of the water.

I mean it's almost as if these electric eels have taken a course in physics.

So we had frequent 60 second science podcast contributor Cynthia Graber get in touch with Catania to find out about these fantastical battles between electric eels and horses.

In a remarkable case of convergent evolution, this sensory system has evolved separately in two groups of freshwater fish — the electric eels and knife fish of South America and the elephant snout fish and one closely related species in AfricIn a remarkable case of convergent evolution, this sensory system has evolved separately in two groups of freshwater fish — the electric eels and knife fish of South America and the elephant snout fish and one closely related species in Africin two groups of freshwater fish — the electric eels and knife fish of South America and the elephant snout fish and one closely related species in Africin Africa.

Catania placed his arm in a tank with a 40 - centimeter - long electric eel (relatively small as eels go) and...

This article appeared in print under the headline «Electric eel - mimicking battery could power pacemakers»

In the 1800s, renowned explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt observed a bizarre incident in the Amazon: he saw electric eels leaping into the air and shocking two horseIn the 1800s, renowned explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt observed a bizarre incident in the Amazon: he saw electric eels leaping into the air and shocking two horsein the Amazon: he saw electric eels leaping into the air and shocking two horses.

But Humbolt was vindicated last year, when Catania published a study showing that electric eels indeed jump in the air to jolt potential predators.

The ability of electric eels to shock their prey with a 600 - volt blast is well known, but exactly how the fish orchestrate their attacks has remained a question as murky as the waters they hunt in.

Electric eels have to navigate the dark, murky streams and ponds where they live in South America.

«The sequencer takes the voltage the eel produces and operates circuitry that flashes the lights, fast or slow, based on the level of voltage he puts out,» says Terry Smith, project manager at Cache Valley Electric, in a press release.

The nearly four - foot - long electric eel draws a crowd, particularly in December, when it causes the lights on a nearby Christmas tree to twinkle.

When Dillon accidentally falls into a tub of genetically engineered electric eels, he transforms in to Electro, who has the power to control electricity.

The filmmaker has no problem writing electric dialogue in the new «Fahrenheit,» and the visuals are filled with understated detail, with the firemen living in plush homes turned cold by weak fluorescent lighting, and the ghettos of the book - loving eels warmed as if by candlelight.

In the movie, it is explained Dr. Frankenstein got the electricity to create his monster from electric eels.

To put that in perspective, 110 volts is the equivalent the quick zap you get when you rub your stocking feet on a rug then touch someone; 600 volts is equivalent to voltage an electric eel produces, which can stop a heart.

Electric eels trap pools with sinking platforms, giant dinosaurs stampede in pursuit of Crash as he leaps lava pools, and there's still the horribly tense Lights Out where platforms plummet from under your feet as you speed through each section before being plunged into darkness.

In 2017, Huanca takes part in the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and currently has a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, MadriIn 2017, Huanca takes part in the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and currently has a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, Madriin the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and currently has a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, Madrid.

In 2017, Huanca takes part in the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and will have a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, MadriIn 2017, Huanca takes part in the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and will have a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, Madriin the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and will have a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, Madrid.

In 2017, Huanca takes part in the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and has had a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, MadriIn 2017, Huanca takes part in the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and has had a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, Madriin the group exhibition Jaguars and Electric Eels at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin and has had a solo exhibition at Travesia Cuatro, Madrid.