A study has found that an electric eel’s discharge is strong enough to transfer genetic material from the environment into the cells of nearby animals. The finding suggests that electric eels ...

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 ...

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 ...

The electric eel generates its electrical discharge using special cells known as electrolytes. The eels are teeming with these cells, each of which generates a small amount of voltage by ...

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, ...

The large eel, which can grow up to 2.5m in size is, after all, able to discharge electricity from the most unlikely-looking ...

Electric eels can discharge up to 860 volts – ouch. Image credit: SNAPSY/Shutterstock.com. DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION. Pain might be the first thing you associate with a shock from an electric eel ...

Electric eels appear similar to carp and catfish and can generate nearly 600 volts of electricity, ... they discharge an electrical impulse into the surrounding water, ...

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.

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.