Watch video of an electric eel attack

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By Mike GaworeckiJun 6, 2016, 6:00 pm207 pts
In a paper published in 1807, Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt claimed to have observed South American electric eels exhibiting a behavior that has not been recorded since — that is, until now. Von Humboldt hired local fisherman to collect electric eels (Electrophorus electricus) for…

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