Posted on 09/10/2019 3:49:44 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
“The discovery of hidden species diversity on such an eye-catching (more than 2.5 meters/8 feet long) and long-known (described 250 years ago) organism... indicates that an enormous amount of species are waiting to be discovered in the Amazon rainforest,”
The researchers examined 107 electric eels taken from waters across northern South America, measuring different parts of their body and analyzing their DNA.
The analysis also revealed that E. voltai could produce shocks up to 860 volts, higher than has been measured for electric eels or any other organism before. The third rail powering New York City’s subway system carries 625 volts, while electric chairs used for executions produce over 2,000 volts.
(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...
Oh boy...
I actually did laugh though.
“30 amps or so.”
How many amps does the Levi eel generwte?
Shocking story!
What I’d like to know is whether possession (in lieu of a taser) constitutes a criminal offense in NYC.
Any form of self-defense is a criminal offense in New York.
Willard “Betcha can’t pee on it.” Ralph “Here hold Mah beer”.
Thanks for the heads up.
Now I’ll be watching animal attacks on YouTube later tonight. I heard Joe Rogan talking to Bill Burr about bear attacks earlier...
and the Chinese consider it a delicacy. LOL
Eel pie is very big in parts of England.
IIRC each year they make a special one for the Queen.
depends on how much resistance you give to the eels advances
E = I x R
Ugh! I really did not need to know that. LOL
Willard “Betcha can’t pee on it.” Ralph “Here hold Mah beer”.
A relative that had some Applossas, pointed to one that was slightly moving next to the electric fence, and claimed the horse was ‘playing’ with the timing of the fence?
He may have been giving me horse crap, I never knew for certain?
I saw what they did there. But still fell flat.
I was looking for your comment.
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-2/voltage-current-resistance-relate/
“Shocking....positively shocking”.
I’ve got horses, have had for years. They can sense when my electric ribbon fence is hot or not. I’ve never seen mine do that but my fence is continuous, very low amperage. The Willard and Ralph thing is barn yard/farm boy humor. Horses are smart as a dog. I had a lab that got his tail bit going under the fence once. He crossed tail low from then on.
One might as well ponder how the muscles can contract or expand. As well we could ponder how an eel knows that he can create an electric shock and what to use it on.
What the @#$## is everyone talking about is my question :)
Watts?
Yes.
I think that was an Abbott and Costello movie :)
“And how do they do it...that’s what my intellectual curiosity wants to know.”
Try googling.
That all depends on which one of them is the male and which is the female.
“30 amps or so.”
Why once should look up the answer instead of asking keyboard experts.
I am not surprised by this finding at all. Many years ago Al Gore said that Global Warming would cause small snakes to mutate and become huge, high-voltage electric eels.
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