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Newly identified electric eel is the most powerful ever found, say scientists
Publicado em 11 setembro 2019
Prepare yourself for a shock of the record-breaking variety – scientists have identified two new electric eel species, and one of them can put out a zap that’s stronger than any other animal we know about.
The supercharged species is Electrophorus voltai, and it can discharge 860 V of electricity in a single shock, some way ahead of the 650 V shock that electric eels are normally associated with. It’s definitely enough to cause a human-sized creature some serious [...]
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Electric eel puts electric eels shocking same
Publicado em 10 setembro 2019A newly discovered species of electric eel produces an 860 volt shock, the highest charge of any known animal in the world. The creature is one of two extra species of the fish identified by scientists, whoexamined 107 specimens from across the Amazon rainforest. The newly discovered eel delivers a zap more than 200 volts higher than ever previously recorded, butisunlikely to kill a human, according to experts. It was previously believed there was just one type of electric eel. The only [...]ver notícia