hs-electric-eel

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**About Eels **

__What they look like __
=== Long, cylindrical. body, dark brown/Grey on top and yellow greenish on the bottom. Typically, eels grow to about 6 feet in length and around 44 pounds in weight. Because of this, Electric Eels are the largest of the **Gymnotiformes.** ===




 * Where they live: **

=== Mainly residing in the swamp-like basins of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, electric eels are infamous for the only partially true fact that they kill humans. In truth, they feed on small fish, amphibians, and sometimes birds, requiring frequent trips to the surface for air.===


 *  Strange Adaptations: **

===Electric eels use an electric charge to stun their prey temporarily. Their bodies contain about 6,000 minuscule cells that hold electricity kind of like mini batteries, and are used as such to discharge a shock of at least 600 volts. surprisingly, this shock is about 6 times the voltage of the standard U.S. electric socket.===

===Much to Human belief, electric eels don't really attack humans as much as legend says, although if they do attack a human being, the results could be fatal. One sting could slow the respiratory system, and even cause cardiac arrest in some people.===