Re: [GSAS-Member] Electric Eel Powers Christmas Tree

["Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

That link didn't get me to an eel video, but searching for 'electric eel'
brought it up. It is also here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9wktSQdyaE

Wikipedia says the electric eel can produce 500V at 1A. That is a hell of a
lot of juice and could be fatal for a human. Neat critter!

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net>wrote:

> Has anyone seen this video from last year?
> http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual
> <
> http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=485775
> 03> &videoid=48577503
>
> Aluminum plates in the water covert the electricity whenever the eel moves.
>
>
>
> Whatever happened to the lady that was moving from across the US with her
> electric eel? Did anyone email her? Can eels be mailed safely or would the
> postal worker receive a shock from the box? I've heard from one person that
> a guy thought he was real tough and grabbed one, and it sent him flying
> backwards and knocked him out. Tall tales? Have you personally ever been
> shocked by one? Do you know how to make an electric eel power generator? If
> so, please forward you story onto Steev Ward.
>
>
>
> Susan
>
>
>
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