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| icewendigo |
 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: Are Electric eels protected from electricity |
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| Ok, so electric eels can generate enough electricity to kill or stun a fish, but is it protected from the electricity it generates, or from the electic burst generated by another electric eel? |
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| free radical |
| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| Zwolver |
| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:33 am Post subject: |
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I havent checked the links, but i think the eels are protected from the electricity. I bet they have some fattish substance under their bioelectric glants, that protects them from their own electrocution. Also, the top layer of their skinn should be a huge bioconductor. So the electricity would only go as far in as the top layer of their skin.
Interesting creatures.. 
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