That’s how much power an electric eel can produce. It’s hard to believe that any. ... The electrical discharge from Electrophorus varii has been measured as high as 572 volts.

Those are Volta electric eels, known to pack an 860-volt punch. That's the strongest electrical discharge of any animal. They have been known to knock an entire horse off its feet with a shock.

An electric eel can deliver a discharge merely by touching a victim, whether it be a prey animal being subdued, a would-be predator or some other threat being dispatched.

An electric eel can deliver a discharge merely by touching a victim, whether it be a prey animal being subdued, a would-be predator or some other threat being dispatched.

A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth ...

An electric eel can deliver a discharge merely by touching a victim, whether it be a prey animal being subdued, a would-be predator or some other threat being dispatched.

Electric eels inspire novel “jelly” batteries for soft robotics, ... One species, Volta's electric eel (Electrophorus voltai), can produce a discharge of up to 860 volts.

An electric eel can discharge 860 volts in a shock, which is apparently enough to open pores in the cell membranes of fish larvae and invite in new genes. The process, ...

Yet a recent study published in the journal PeerJ reveals that electric eels — which produce an electric organ discharge (EOD) that can reach up to 860 volts — may be able to transfer genetic ...