Animal Behavior: Electric Eels Amp Up for an Easy Meal

Bruce A. Carlson

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.051

Animal Behavior: Electric Eels Amp Up for an Easy Meal

Bruce A. Carlson

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Abstract

The high voltage discharge generated by electric eels is a powerful predatory weapon. A new study shows that eels exploit basic physics to increase the voltage delivered to prey, inducing muscle fatigue that turns challenging prey items into easy targets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1070-R1072
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	25
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.051
State	Published - Nov 16 2015

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Animal Behavior: Electric Eels Amp Up for an Easy Meal

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