In the movie, it is explained Dr. Frankenstein got the electricity to create his monster
from electric eels.
Catania can not say, however, whether a leap attack
from an electric eel is equally as shocking for all potential predators.
Not exact matches
Using electrical measurements he collected during the
eel attacks, Catania came up with an equation to estimate the amount of
electric current flowing
from the
eel into his arm.
TAKING ONE FOR SCIENCE This
electric eel may be relatively small, but the pain
from its shock is comparable to that
from an
electric fence, a researcher has learned.
Extrapolating
from his experience with a small
eel, Catania estimates that a human struck on the trunk by a larger, 1.8 - meter - long
electric eel might endure a current of 0.24 amperes, or 63 watts of power.
An
electric -
eel - inspired soft power source
from stacked hydrogels.
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.
To get this ultra-mod look, apply MAC's
Electric Eel Eye Shadow ($ 16; maccosmetics.com) to your entire lid, sweeping
from the inner corner of your eye and bringing to a high point at the outer lid.
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.