Never corner an electric eel– it might just leap out of the water and shock you. In the 19th century, German naturalist and archaeologist Alexander von Humboldt saw this firsthand in South ...

Prepare to be shocked, literally. In this episode, we uncover the insane biology of the electric eel, one of the only creatures on Earth that can generate electricity inside its own body. Native to ...

Before he was shocked by a leaping electric eel, Kenneth Catania wasn’t sure what it would be like. In fact, no one was really sure. So, in the name of finding out exactly how much of a jolt the ...

But it seems like one shock would quickly deter them. "I don't know what would go after an electric eel in the wild. Anything that tried it once or twice would soon learn that wasn't a very ...

Kenneth Catania insists he was never in any real danger when he put his arm into a tank with an electric eel and let it shock him repeatedly for science. "Though maybe a bit dramatic ...

Hurt says these correspond with different kinds of electric eel shocks, which can peak at about 800 volts. An electric eel will emit high-voltage shocks in situations like "self-defense ...

said the infrequent intensity of the lights 'correspond with different kinds of electric eel shocks' and some of which can peak at about 800 volts. She explained that an electric eel will only ...