WHERE DO EELS GET THEIR ELECTRICITY

HYPOTHESIS

• The eel's cells rub up against
• each other and create friction.

RESEARCH

• Have a highly complicated nervous system
• They have an electric organ in their bodies
• When the nucleus gives the command
• The nerves make sure the cells all activate
• At once.

MORE RESEARCH

• When the signal is given a path is
• created connecting the inside and outside
• of the cell. Then it acts as if it was a battery
• each side holding a different type of charge.
• When a cell is sparked it can start another cell.

FACTS

• Each cell holds a few less than
• 100 millivolts on the outside.
• If the eel lived on land, it would turn
• into a 500 volt- battery.
• This all happens in about two milliseconds

CONCLUSION

WHY DO EELS NOT HARM THEMSELVES?

• The electric current us to weak
• to harm them.

THE END

SOURCES

• Scientificamerican.com