A researcher reveals the shocking truth about electric eels

Electrical current of a real-life recipient of the fish’s leap attack is measured for the first time

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TAKING ONE FOR SCIENCE  This electric eel may be relatively small, but the pain from its shock is comparable to that from an electric fence, a researcher has learned.

K. Catania

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Kenneth Catania knows just how much it hurts to be zapped by an electric eel.