electric eel
Amazon's living battery
An electric eel is a South American freshwater fish that can generate powerful electric shocks to stun prey and deter predators.
Despite the name, it's not a true eel but a knifefish.
The electric eel has become a go-to example of nature's unexpected abilities: like an electric eel, she could deliver a jolt when you least expected it.
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
- knifefishElongated electric freshwater fish
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- carnivoreCreature eating only animals
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
elongated · serpentine · slimy · gills · nocturnal · sensory · breeding · migration
Electrical potential difference
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
- zapDestroy suddenly with energy
current · amperage · stun · pulse · defense · hunting · prey · paralysis
Greek warrior women
- South AmericaWestern Hemisphere's southern continent
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
tropical · rainforest · neotropical · murky · silt · basin · floodplain · ecosystem
fish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
- knifefishElongated electric freshwater fish
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- carnivoreCreature eating only animals
predator · elongated · serpentine · slimy · gills · nocturnal · sensory · breeding · migration · species
voltage
Electrical potential difference
zap · current · amperage · stun · pulse · defense · hunting · prey · paralysis · volts
Amazon
Greek warrior women
- South AmericaWestern Hemisphere's southern continent
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
swamp · tropical · rainforest · neotropical · murky · silt · basin · floodplain · ecosystem · biodiversity
hazard
Source of potential harm
caution · risk · fear · warning · defensive · predator · powerful · painful · injury · encounter
- eelseel, eels, moray eel, garden eel, Japanese eel
- electric fishknifefish, stargazer
- Bioelectricselectrotherapy, action potential, depolarization, repolarization, nerve impulses
- electroreceptionelectroreceptor, electroreceptors, knifefish
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- Amazon RainforestAmazon, tropical rainforest, Amazon rainforest, Amazon basin, jungle
electric eelmoray eel
Serpentine marine predator
garden eel · catfish · lamprey · hagfish · carp
electric eelmoray eel
Serpentine marine predator
barracuda · pike · piranha · anglerfish · great white shark
electric, electricity, electronic, electrical, electrify, electron, electrifying, electrified, electrocute