Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! It sends out electrical pulses to find food.

Electric eels have produced up to 500 volts. Local Indians long ago recognized the nature of the eel’s shocking power, naming the creature puraque, derived from their word for lightning bolt.

The electric eel, with its thoroughly appropriate scientific name, Electrophorus electricus, can knock your socks off by delivering more than 600 volts.

Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys. Now think about what you could power with 860 volts. It’s 95 times the ...

Electric eels inspire novel “jelly” batteries for soft robotics, wearables Another team built a lithium-ion battery with electrolyte layer that expands by 5,000%.

That’s how much power an electric eel can produce. It’s hard to believe that any species would want to eat something capable of delivering such a potent shock.

It seems absolutely bonkers that an animal can muster ELECTRICITY, especially enough to send out a zap like a taser. But that's exactly what electric eels can do, and the world record holder more ...