Electric+EEl

=__Electric EEl__ [Electo electrius]=

Habitat:

 * Live in sampy muddy areas
 * On the bottoms of bodys of water

Range:

 * Found in South America
 * Also in the Everclades of Florida\

Physical characteristics:

 * Long, thin, sllimy
 * Dark grayish green skin
 * almost no scales
 * Grow up to 8.2 ft long and weigh 40 lbs

Diet:

 * Babies eat invertabrates and eggs of other animals
 * Adults eat fish and small mammals.

Behavior and adaptatioins:

 * Shock people with up to 500 volts

Reprodution:

 * Lay 17,000 eggs per spawn
 * males make nests
 * Lay batches off eggs

Relationship to people:

 * Not domisticated
 * People eat them

Staus:

 * Pretty common
 * Could not find other data

My resources:

 * Electric eel, Wiki pedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel
 * Poluwich, John, Electric eel, World Book E.6, Chicago, Illinois, 2004