Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys.

there’s some evidence that electric eels engage in social predation. They work together to herd prey into a small space and issue coordinated electric shocks to stun their food items. Electric eels ...

The Shock of the Hunt Electric eels primarily use their electrical abilities to hunt for food. Their diet consists mainly of fish, amphibians, and invertebrates, and they rely on their electricity ...

In these clips, an electric eel in the lab attacks a dead fish attached to wire, which is shaken to simulate a struggle. The sounds represent the change in voltage level the eel is producing.

It’s 95 times the voltage of a 9-volt battery. That’s how much power an electric eel can produce. It’s hard to believe that any species would want to eat something capable of delivering such ...