electric eel
noun
: a large eel-shaped fish (Electrophorus electricus) of the Orinoco and Amazon basins that is capable of giving a severe shock with its electric organs
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In theory, this means that electric eels could be contributing to the genetic modification of other species in the wild.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
For the past 250 years, scientists believed that all electric eels belonged to the same species, but in 2019, research conducted by C. David de Santana, a Smithsonian researcher, proved that there are at least three species, the largest and most electrified being the Volta's electric eel.
—Annie Roth, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
Ooh girl, shock me like an electric eel.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2016
George Baker's electric eel exhibition of 1776 and 1777 is then instructive in exploring the production and circulation of knowledge in Georgian Britain.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2011
Can an electric eel act like a defibrillator?
—Mike Rose, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2021
Both continents are home to fish that can talk to each other using electric fields: the elephantfishes of Africa, and the knifefishes of South America (including the famous electric eel).
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2010
In the murky freshwater rivers and streams that snake across the Amazon lurks an eight-foot fascination: the electric eel.
—Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019
Since their discovery more than 250 years ago by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, researchers have thought the electric eel was a one-of-a-kind phenomenon, with only one species, Electrophorus electricus.
—Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
For the past 250 years, scientists believed that all electric eels belonged to the same species, but in 2019, research conducted by C. David de Santana, a Smithsonian researcher, proved that there are at least three species, the largest and most electrified being the Volta's electric eel.
—Annie Roth, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
Ooh girl, shock me like an electric eel.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2016
George Baker's electric eel exhibition of 1776 and 1777 is then instructive in exploring the production and circulation of knowledge in Georgian Britain.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2011
Can an electric eel act like a defibrillator?
—Mike Rose, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2021
Both continents are home to fish that can talk to each other using electric fields: the elephantfishes of Africa, and the knifefishes of South America (including the famous electric eel).
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2010
In the murky freshwater rivers and streams that snake across the Amazon lurks an eight-foot fascination: the electric eel.
—Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019
Since their discovery more than 250 years ago by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, researchers have thought the electric eel was a one-of-a-kind phenomenon, with only one species, Electrophorus electricus.
—Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019
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