Natural History Wanderings

Space Daily reported

One electric eel delivered an 860-volt shock, the highest ever measured from a living animal — and a 2019 study revealed it belongs to one of three separate species

For 250 years, the electric eel was a settled question. Ever since Linnaeus catalogued it in the eighteenth century, science recognized exactly one species, Electrophorus electricus, famous for delivering a jolt strong enough to knock down a horse.

Read more One electric eel delivered an 860-volt shock, the highest ever measured from a living animal — and a 2019 study revealed it belongs to one of three separate species