Electric eel: Known as "high-voltage line in water", it electrocuted several piranhas at once

If you want to gain a firm foothold in the fierce competition in the biological chain market, each microorganism must continuously adjust itself in the whole process of adapting to the new environment. Many animals have evolved their own supernatural abilities in order to better capture food ingredients. And then to the "top".

For example, the "flat head" honey badger, who is concerned about fighting and fighting on the road, with its lofty and arrogant energy, it is busy fighting with other animals every day, and its daily foraging targets are also poisonous scorpions, poisonous Interesting microorganisms such as scorpions. In the water, there is also a similar tyrant contestant, the electric eel. They dominate and dominate with their powerful power generation, and they are nicknamed "high-voltage wires in the water".

In fact, the fish species that can generate electricity in nature are not only the electric eel, but the electric eel has always ranked first in the power generation capacity with its powerful power generation, and the power consumption it releases is within the range of physical safety. more than a dozen times, so biologists have classified it as one of the most at-risk freshwater fish in the world.

Electric eels are mainly found in the Amazon, Guyana, and Orinoco rivers, and in this river, piranhas live daily. Everyone knows that piranhas are known for their ferocity. They live in groups. Once they encounter prey, they will devour them and disappear within minutes. For this type of fish, most animals have to protect themselves with their own professional skills, or escape quickly, and they will never be tough with them, but if they encounter electric eels, they can be called platinum and tyrants, and there is nothing to fight back. hand.

Piranhas have a strong reproductive rate and strong attack ability, but they are often not seen everywhere, and half of their contributions should go to everyone's "high-voltage wire" contestants. The electric eel can output a maximum working voltage of 800 volts in an instant, and the power generation can electrocute more than 30 piranhas at one time. And it is very good at long-distance attack, and it can easily knock down the prey at a distance of three meters in the water.

In childhood, they mostly forage on invertebrates, but as adults, with its powerful destructive power, fish fingerlings, dual-purpose animals and their birds have become its targets. It is worth mentioning that its electrical engineering can easily stun a cow, and the Eyu family is also very afraid of it. Once encountered, it is likely to be electrocuted in an instant, and young Eyu often appear to face it. Shameless to attack electric eels, they are often electrocuted to the point of trembling and dying.

Maybe you can think it's weird, even if the electric eel can transmit such a lethal total flow of electricity, how does it ensure that it can only electrocute others and be safe? This needs to benefit from its unique body structure. Electric eels are charged and discharged far away from key human organs, and a layer of fat cells with excellent dielectric strength protects the organs from damage.

The electric eel is actually like a rechargeable battery device in the water. The amount of current is based on the channel with the least resistance. During the whole process of charging and discharging, because the resistor in the water is lower than its body, the amount of current sent out It is spread in the water from the surface of the body, not through the internal mechanism of the body, which makes it difficult for the electric eel to charge itself.

However, if the conductors and insulators on both sides of the electric eel's body are otherwise damaged, it will be like two exposed cables when it is charged and discharged, resulting in a short-circuit fault condition and injuring itself. Or exposing the electric eel to the air, because the resistors in the air exceed its body. Once it is gradually charged and discharged in the air, the current discharged through the body will also charge itself.

Although the electric eel's ability is strong, it is also a matter of life for the people standing at the top of the biological chain. The electric eel basically has no nemesis, and the electricity it causes is enough to stun people, but the meat is delicious. Bring his work uniform to the dinner table.