Fish produce electricity
The fauna is very diverse. There is a wide variety of plants and animals. Among the innumerable creatures, one such bizarre creature is the electric eel. It is a type of electric fish that can grow up to 6.7 feet in length and weigh up to 20 kilograms. The fish is found in the Amazon River and Orinoco Basin in South America. Its scientific name is Electrophorus electricus. The fish is so named because it can generate a lot of electricity from the body.
Although matched with eel or monkey in English, the fish belongs to the species of knife fish and looks a lot like the catfish. There is no end to the interest of scientists and nature lovers in this fish. However, scientists have always been hesitant about which class to include. So many times, its classification has changed. Finally, it has been included in the genus Electrophorus.
Electric shields are nocturnal animals. It prefers to live in muddy places at the bottom of rivers, streams, reservoirs, and submerged aquatic areas. Although the fish is not economically significant, it has been extensive research for many years. Due to the low electrical capacity of baby eagles, locals in the Amazon region eat small eagles.
A recent study by Kenneth Catania, a scientist, and author at Vanderbilt University, found that electric shields jump on the water for prey even when they are underwater. He noticed that the fish jumped on a metal stick attached to the net used to catch the slope and gave a high level of electric shock to the fish.
At first, the males build foamy nests with saliva or saliva. In this house, the female lays thousands of eggs. Exactly 17,000 eggs have been found so far. Out of countless eggs, an average of 1,200 hatchlings is born. Both are engaged in protecting the child. Parents keep an eye on babies until they are 4-6 inches tall.
The electric shield takes oxygen from the air through the mouth. It takes 80 percent of the oxygen from the perspective. Although it has gills, they are mainly dependent on the mouth for oxygen. They do not take in oxygen from the water by using gills unless they need to.
Although living in muddy water, the sight of electric eels is not keen. However, they can use the generated electric field as radar. That is why the animal is first given an electric shock to hunt. Later it detects the location of the electric shock and finds the victim. In muddy water, they continuously charge 10 volts to identify amphibians, fish, and birds.
Considering the size and strength of the prey, the eagles bend their bodies and bring them closer to the head and tail—the chair of the slope acts on the positive side and the bottom on the opposing side. So the eel does this to generate more electricity. Then give a continuous electric shock. The victim’s muscles quickly become weak. After the victim’s body became numb, the eel promptly swallowed him.
An adult electric eel can generate 600 volts of electricity in just two milliseconds, which is several times more than the volts found in the electrical system connected to our homes. They use hundreds to thousands of muscle cells to generate even a tiny amount of electricity. It is known that a 6-foot-long eel uses 6,000 muscle cells to generate electricity up to 600-860 volts.
A Brazilian farmer said that electric currents could also be used to power crocodiles. They can even kill an adult with constant electric shocks! However, research is still underway on whether the slope itself receives an electric shock. According to many, the surprise is rare. Maybe they have electrical insulation on their skin.
The belly of the electric slope has three pairs of power generating organs. The main organs are Hunter’s and Sachs’s organs. More electricity is generated from the hunter’s limbs than from Sach’s limbs. Because Hunter’s stem can generate 650 volts separately, and the Sachs limb can generate only 10 volts. These 10 volts are used for electrical communication, find the opposite sex for reproduction, and identify prey. These organs are made up of thousands of electric cells. Another class connects the cells. They are capable of generating uninterrupted electricity from the cells for up to an hour.
The electrical cells of the slope are arranged in rows. There are resistors between the rows of cells. Each pile acts as a separate battery. Stacks of different cells are activated together to generate the required amount of electricity.
One end of the electrical cell of the slope is smooth, and the other end is uneven or folded.
As a result, positive ions enter the cell quickly. Then a quick 0.075-volt charge is generated. Then there is a difference between the negative charge inside the cell and the positive charge outside, resulting in a transient 0.085-volt difference between the uneven ends. Finally, the result is a 0.065-volt charge on the smooth edge as well. Thus the soft and rough edges of each cell combine to generate 0.15 volts of electricity.
The electrical conductivity of clean water is very low. So the water where the electric slope will create the electric field has to contain salt and other minerals. Next, the eel sends signals from the brain to electrical cells through the nerves to generate electricity. Then electricity flows from the side of the fish head towards the tail through the water. At this time, an electric field is created around the fish. If there is any other animal near this electric field, it becomes unconscious through solid shock. In this way, the electric slope generates electricity quickly for catching prey, searching for food, communicating, and defending itself.