An curved arrow pointing right. Vanderbilt University researchers confirmed a 200 year-old story that electric eels can shock a horse to death just by jumping out of water. The higher the eel ...

tristan tan/ Shutterstock In theory, if threatened, an electric eel could leap partway out of the water and deliver multiple electric shocks powerful enough to cause an adult person to have a heart ...

Electric eels and fish were used by people in ancient ... He theorized that if he could induce an epileptic seizure in a schizophrenic person, it might alter the brain chemistry enough to offer ...

Anyone who receives a high-voltage shock or an electrical burn should seek medical advice immediately. Share on Pinterest A person may get an electric shock due to faulty household wiring.