Electric eel - Wikipedia
The electric eels are a genus, Electrophorus, of neotropical freshwater fish from South America in the family Gymnotidae. They are known for their ability to stun their prey by generating electricity, delivering shocks at up to 860 volts.
Newly discovered eel delivers the strongest electric jolt on record
2019年9月10日 · But when a team of researchers examined more than 100 electric eels from South America's Amazon Basin, it found that there are actually three species—one of which delivers the strongest shock ever measured in a living animal.
Newly identified electric eel is the most powerful ever found, say ...
2019年9月11日 · One of the new species – Electrophorus voltai – can discharge up to 860 volts of electricity, significantly more than the 650 volts generated by the known electric eel species, Electrophorus...
UCF Biologist Records Highest-Ever Voltage By Electric Eel
2019年9月23日 · The record-shattering 860-volt eel was discovered by Associate Professor William Crampton, Ph.D., during an expedition to the Tapajós River of Brazil. The eel belongs to one of two new species described last week by an international team of scientists in the journal Nature Communications.
12 Shocking Electric Eel Facts - Fact Animal
Of the three species of electric eel, Electrophorus voltai packs the biggest punch- capable of generating a truly shocking 860 volts, it also holds the lofty title of the most powerful electrical animal in the world.
Most powerful electric eel ever discovered by scientists
2019年9月11日 · The enormous 2.5 metre eel has been named the Electrophorus voltai after Alessandro Volta, the Italian physicist who invented the battery. The animal, a type of knifefish, can discharge an...
Electric Eel Species With Most Powerful Shock Ever Discovered
2019年9月10日 · Findings revealed not one but three distinct species of eel, which they have named Electrophorus electricus, Electrophorus varii and Electrophorus voltai. The latter was found to produce the...
Newly discovered eel packs the biggest electrical punch of any …
Explore the newly discovered eel species that delivers the most powerful electric shock among all known animals.
Newly discovered eel sets a jolting record for animal voltage
2019年11月15日 · Scientists have found two new electric eel species. One now holds the animal kingdom’s record for highest delivered voltage.
Newly discovered species of electric eel can produce most …
2019年9月11日 · It's far above the 650V previously recorded for the electric eel, making E.voltai the most powerful electricity-generating animal in the world, the authors reported in Nature Communications on Wednesday.