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Electric eels remote-control nervous systems of prey

Predators can force a hidden fish to twitch and betray its hiding place

eel and prey

WHO’S IN CHARGE  An electric eel’s high-voltage bursts take control of the nervous system of nearby prey and make muscles do the eel’s bidding. 

K. Catania

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

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Electric eels evolved hacking long before humans did.