Electric eel uses high-voltage shocks to locate and stun prey--Vanderbilt research

The electric eel, a scaleless Amazonian fish that can deliver an electrical jolt strong enough to knock down a full-grown horse, possesses an electroshock system uncannily similar to a taser. That is the conclusion of a nine-month study of the way in which the electric eel uses high-voltage electrical discharges to locate and incapacitate its prey conducted by Vanderbilt University Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences Kenneth Catania and published in the Dec. 4 issue of the journal Science. Read more at Follow Vanderbilt on Twitter: , on Instagram: and on Facebook: See all Vanderbilt social media at .