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How much electricity can you get from an electric eel?

April 7, 2020 by Karen Hill

Oh, an electric eel can produce about 350 to 650 watts of electricity, but you better get a surge protector.

An electric eel delivers only three to five bursts of electricity when it discharges, each lasting about one-five hundredth of a second.

While its voltage is enough to temporarily stupefy a human being, the eel normally saves its energy for the frogs and small fish that it eats. By the way, the electric eel isn’t really an eel at all, but a fish related to the carp and catfish.

It is also not that unique—, scientists have identified about five hundred other species of fish that can also generate electricity.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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