Electric Eel Strong Shock and Intelligent Design
by Owen Borville
Intelligently Designed features, Abilities, and Behaviors
The electric eel is actually a type of predatory, carnivorous fish with a long, tubular body, an average length of 6 to 8 feet and 44 pounds in weight. The electric eel actually looks like a long catfish. The electric eel can generate an electric charge more than 600 volts as a defense mechanism and method of capturing prey. Their bodies contain 6,000 specialized cells called electrolytes that operate like small batteries. These 6,000 cells make up an incredible 80 percent of the body.
All of the cells work at the same time for a powerful effect. Found in South American rivers, electric eels eat fish, amphibians, birds, and small mammals. Electric eels can also use their electric charge at low voltage like radar to sense their surroundings, find prey, and to make up for their poor vision. The electric capability of eels can help find other electric fish and animals. Electric eel shocks can seriously injure humans. Electric eels can also leap from the water to attack predators. While many fish have electric shock capability, the electric eel has the strongest electric shock of any animal. Electric eels have thick skin, but their shock is so powerful sometimes they shock themselves. Eels often curl around their prey with their long bodies to increase the power of the shock. So how does the incredibly strong electric shock capability evolve without shocking themselves to death?
Another unique behavior of electric eels is that they breathe air and must come to the water surface frequently.
Electric eels also lay their eggs in saliva from the male, a bizarre behavior. These uniquely, intelligently designed features, abilities, and behaviors are the product of a Special Creation from an Intelligent Designer.
by Owen Borville
Intelligently Designed features, Abilities, and Behaviors
The electric eel is actually a type of predatory, carnivorous fish with a long, tubular body, an average length of 6 to 8 feet and 44 pounds in weight. The electric eel actually looks like a long catfish. The electric eel can generate an electric charge more than 600 volts as a defense mechanism and method of capturing prey. Their bodies contain 6,000 specialized cells called electrolytes that operate like small batteries. These 6,000 cells make up an incredible 80 percent of the body.
All of the cells work at the same time for a powerful effect. Found in South American rivers, electric eels eat fish, amphibians, birds, and small mammals. Electric eels can also use their electric charge at low voltage like radar to sense their surroundings, find prey, and to make up for their poor vision. The electric capability of eels can help find other electric fish and animals. Electric eel shocks can seriously injure humans. Electric eels can also leap from the water to attack predators. While many fish have electric shock capability, the electric eel has the strongest electric shock of any animal. Electric eels have thick skin, but their shock is so powerful sometimes they shock themselves. Eels often curl around their prey with their long bodies to increase the power of the shock. So how does the incredibly strong electric shock capability evolve without shocking themselves to death?
Another unique behavior of electric eels is that they breathe air and must come to the water surface frequently.
Electric eels also lay their eggs in saliva from the male, a bizarre behavior. These uniquely, intelligently designed features, abilities, and behaviors are the product of a Special Creation from an Intelligent Designer.
