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A newly identified electric eel species has the strongest shock of any living creature, study says
Publicado em 11 setembro 2019
Two new electric eel species have been identified in the Amazon basin, including one fish with a record-breaking shock, scientists say.
Researchers had previously identified only one species of electric eel in more than 250 years of studying the creatures that lurk in South American waters and stun their prey with electric discharges.
However, the new genetic and ecological analysis, published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed Nature Communications, identifies a total of three unique [...]