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How do eels produce electricity? Electric eels, despite their name, are not actually eels but are more closely related to knifefish. They produce electricity using special cells called electrocytes, ...

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Eels have fascinated humans for thousands of years, even captivating big thinkers like Aristotle and Freud. Despite having been around for some 200 million years, eels are still rather mysterious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At first glance, the electric eel’s abilities feel implausible. But upon a closer inspection, we find a precise, evolved system ...