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Electric eel will power your home

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  • @SilverFeet No, It is not a feeling of pain. It is a natural reaction, it does it all the time in the wild, but it gets discharged and tired for a short moment after several pulses. It needs a quick break. So it takes it. Think of it like giving it a workout.80percent of its body is devoted to this.But several pulses of 800w, trying to get that out of solar panels, would take up even more space than the tank,plus the sun is not always shining, the eel is always there to produce, at a humane rate

  • The problem with this is Eels will become discharged, and it is only a mechanism for scaring off enemies and attacking prey so it is not something they enjoy using 24/7. But having several of these working at different times would make more sense. Furthermore If scientists could one day fully understand the process of how they convert the food they eat to such high power , they may be able to create a super eel that could be even more efficient and charge batteries even faster than 800W!

  • Add an "S" to eels and this video will not look deceptive. 800W will not power a home. You will need a few of those to say the least, but a constant pulse of 800w or even half of this is REALLY GOOD!!!! Try making even 400W with an electric generator, it's not easy at all! I have read up that Adult Eels will generate shocks up to 600 Volts. I am guessing in DC. Volts times Amps equals Watts, so the Eel has to produce around 1.35Amps at 600 Volts to get 800 Watts. 800w can charge E-bikes FAST!

  • i want a couple of those electric eel to power up my iphone and electric car

  • @godseyeview it takes a huge one to make 800 watts and i dont think that one is big enough

  • well, depending on output and your bill? might be cheaper?

  • A stimuli that triggers a counter-extensive reflex is the exact definition of pain. What ever the exact feeling is doesn't mater, because it dislikes it as much as we do. I mean the words "react to stimuli for survival" could be used to describe what humans do when we touch a stove.

  • Did you look at the study on "Plants Feel Pain"?

    It's incredible, and on the equipment the plants do scream, I never would have believed that if I did not see it.

  • I was always told fish & alligators do not feel pain. They react to stimuli for survival. Exactly how do you know fish feel pain or not? I really would like to know once & for all but I need a scientific study to believe it.

  • @FreeGlobalEnergy oh i was not talking about fish i was talking about plants, fish do feel pain.

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