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Electricity in Animals

How do things like electric eels produce the amount of electricity required to stun/kill prey or attackers? Birt (Fri 14:54 22/Sep/06)

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dawkins		(Fri 15:18 22/Sep/06) HI Birt Electric eels have 5000 -6000 cells called electrocytes. Each cell can generate a small amount of electricity ( 80 millivolts ) but by using their head and the tail to create a circuit around their prey the eel can create upto 500 volts of electricity.
wildwood		(Sat 08:38 23/Sep/06) In addition, the 500 volts can only be discharged momentarily in extreme circumstances. A much lower voltage is discharged continuously and acts pretty much like a radar, bouncing off the eels' surroundings thus enabling it to navigate through the murky waters it inhabits.
tonyted		(Sun 00:03 24/Sep/06) Courtesy of Duracell☺

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