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Paralysis-inducing electric
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Nature’s current-carrying creatures
use the forces of electricity for
hunting, navigation, even for
climbing vertical rock walls.
NATURE’S
ELECTRICIANS
High-voltage
animal kingdom
Three oblong organs
generate electricity
The electric eel is like a swimming bag of batteries.
It has three electric organs which resemble
voltaic piles – an early battery type that
consisted of stacked zinc and copper discs.Main organ fires
electrical impulses.Navigation organ registers
magnetic fields.organ, the function of Powerful electric
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NATURE ELECTRIC ANIMALS