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Alpha's "Electric eel"
Featured character October 7th 2011
A few interesting facts about the
"electric eel"
Despite their serpentine or snake like appearance, electric eels are not actually
eels. Their scientific classification is more like the carp and catfish.
These
famous freshwater predators get their name from the huge electrical
charge they can generate to stun their prey and scare away predators. Their
bodies contain electric organs with about 6,000 specialized cells called
electrocytes that store power like tiny batteries. When threatened or
attacking prey, these cells will discharge all at the same time, emitting a
burst of at least 600 volts, five times the power of a standard U.S.
wall socket.
They live in the murky streams and ponds of the
Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America, feeding mostly on fish, but
also amphibians and even birds and small mammals. As air-breathers, they
must come to the surface fairly often. They also have poor eyesight, but
can emit a low-level charge, less than 10 volts, which they use like
radar to navigate and locate prey.
Electric eels can grow to more than 8 feet in length and 44 pounds in weight. They have long, cylindrical bodies and flattened
heads and are generally dark green or grayish on top with yellowish
coloring underneath.
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