Electric eel
Electric eel
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That’s kind of shocking.
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Electrifying performance
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This has sparked an interest in eels for me
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A good summary of current events
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Dude showed it some respect the second time.
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No sleep now gramps, this is a lake.
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The great zapfish has been captured again!
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The classic don't help just film scenario.
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Renewable source of energy
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Why so few frames per second?
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I liked the jackass skit better.
Edit: yeah okay if you haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80HRJgGgGR8
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That shock is 3x more powerful than a wall outlet.
Source: I just went to the aquarium.
Nice! How was it?
It was fun actually. They have a place where the stingrays swim up to you and you're allowed to pet them. I was surprised by how they actually want to get pet. They swim up to the side of the wall and come out of the water to get your attention. Like a little water dog.
Thanks for asking!
wet.
Needs clarification - do you mean a flowery, lacey, girly American electricity outlet, or a meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet?
Thank you for making me picture the American wall outlet as a femboy, and the German Schutzkontakt outlet as a Giga Chad.
Meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet
Thats sick. Hope you had a good time
Not 3x more powerful, but rather having 3x higher voltage.
But still enough power to shock an adult human.
But how many amps?
lol, I took that as you going to the aquarium to grab an eel and let us know its strength instead of relaying a fact that you learned there.
I like that universe better so this is what happened
So much for that extensively planned eel heist.
This is not true. The voltage is 3 times higher, that's part of why it's so debilitating. If the power (amperage) was 3 times higher that man would not have gotten back up. Their amperage peaks at about 1 amp, which is enough to do some damage.
There’s no given amperage coming out of the wall, it’s a product of V=IR. Given a constant resistance for the person’s body, three times the voltage does means three times the current.
“Voltage doesn’t kill you, current does” is a bad statement that’s often repeated. You don’t get current without voltage.
Good electroboom video: https://youtu.be/XDf2nhfxVzg
1A amperage is a feature of saltwater eels, ones that produce electricity at much lower voltages, like 10-80V. This is a natural adaptation allowing them to maximize power output in a relatively highly conductive environment.
The freshwater eels, the ones producing 600-800V, are only able to output about 0,1A, because that's just how power works.
1A at 600V would be almost a guaranteed instakill for a human.