Overview Of The Electric Eel

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It's scientific name being Electrophorus Electricus, also know as the Electric Eel,

or knife fish, is quite the amazing display of God's awesome power.

I picked this topic because I believe them to be one of the most interesting

creature because they can generate a mass amount of electricity.

This essay is concerning Electric Eels, and what makes them so amazing. How

do electric eels generate a voltage and why do they not get shocked in the process? As

you can see, the Electric Eel is a very intriguing sea creature, and a clear display of

God's awesome power. This will also cover things concerning them, such as their place

on the food chain, to their habitat, and everyday life.

If we could learn how the electric eel generates its power, perhaps we could use

that knowledge to generate electricity the same way it does.

Home to the Electric Eel, the amazon is the

largest river by discharge of water in the world,

averaging a discharge of about 209,000 cubic

meters per second. The total volume of water

discharging from the Amazon river in a year is

about 6,591 cubic kilometers. Because of its vast dimensions, it is sometimes called

The River Sea. It's length is 4,000 miles (6,437 km). This amazing river is both beautiful,

mysterious, and dangerous. One in ten known species in the world lives in the Amazon

rainforest. This area is one of the most untamed areas in the world.

The Electric Eel, or Knife Fish live in the Amazon River and Orinoco River in

South America. More specifically, Electric Eels dwell mainly on the muddy bottoms of

rivers and occasionally swamps, preferring deeply shaded areas, the reason being tthat

they are a nocturnal species. However, they must surface rather frequently b...

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tree! Every time it moves, it generates more energy through the special aluminum

panels on either side of the tank, generating a lot of entirely pollution free energy.

In conclusion, the Electric Eel, which is not really an eel at all, is an incredible

display of God's amazing power. And although technology is not advanced enough to

quite understand how this energy can be efficiently used through technology, it certainly

opens the gates to possible future research and free, self generating, pollution free

electricity. Maybe through this scientists will discover a way to use this electricity safely

in human bodies to revive paralyzed bodies through reviving the signals to the brain that

were destroyed during a neck injury! Electric eels truly show us how much we have yet

to discover on earth through animals, especially the Electric Eel.

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