scientific name: electrophorus electricus. the electric eel is found in the amazon basin, stagnant...
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The electric eels reproduces by laying eggs (it is oviparous). It is not a true eel.TRANSCRIPT
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Scientific name: Electrophorus electricus
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The electric eel is found in the
Amazon Basin, stagnant arms of
rivers - areas where other fishes find it
difficult to live it.
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The electric eels reproduces by laying eggs (it is oviparous). It is not a true eel.
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Electric eels are long and Electric eels are long and slender like a snake, but they slender like a snake, but they have fins to help them swim. have fins to help them swim. They are black-brown to olive They are black-brown to olive in color. in color.
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CHaracteristics
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One shock from an electric eel will notkill a person, butrepeated shocks will.
electric eel grows to be almost 8 feet (2. m) long
Most of the internal organs are in the front
of the eel; the rest of the body contains the
electricity-producing organs
The electric eel is not a true eel. They are members of a group of electrical fish ,includes knife fish, ghost fish...
ability to produce strong electrical currents, reaching 500-650 volts
An electric eel is totally blind.
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The electric eel eats other fish.
They get its prey by
shocking it with electricity. The
young eat bottom-living
invertebrates.
These are the most common.
Food
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Alligators
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Parts of the Eel.
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