and bear paws and fish
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Welcome friends back to this little different pet fish column again, I am the fish and bear paws of the bunch.
There are thousands of worlds, there are no wonders; the aquarium world is all-encompassing.
There are players who like to go with the flow of fish, and there are players who like to hunt for curiosity.
For example, playing lungfish, such as playing piranhas, and for example, the king of the aquarium circle we are going to talk about today - electric eels.
Every time we talk about electric eels, we will encounter some novices who ask: Legend has it that electric eels can electrocute people, why are there so many warriors to die?
Faced with such a problem, most of them will laugh it off. Because it is impossible to answer clearly in one or two sentences, once you get back to it seriously, no half an hour is not clear. And The boy is a lazy person, so he can only laugh it off.
Today was a cloudy day, the plummeting temperature filled the house with coolness, and the gray weather stirred up my melancholy little mood. So, I'm going to talk about this unpopular topic today.
Everyone's worry about electric eels is essentially caused by the strangeness of the phenomenon of fish discharge, so as long as we explain the phenomenon of fish discharge, no one will worry too much.
Why do some ornamental fish discharge?
What does electricity mean for ornamental fish?
Friends don't be impatient, and listen to the hustle and bustle.
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Terrifying electric eel
<h1>Can only electric eels generate electricity? </h1>
Of course not!
According to scientists' research, there are ten families of fish known to be able to generate electricity, of which the strongest power generation capacity is the electric eel family, the electric ray family, the electric catfish family and the catfish (homophonous with tenten) family.
For ornamental fish players, there is also a well-known ornamental fish that can also emit weak currents, and its name is called "Anti-Heaven Knife".
Of course, the most lethal is the electric eel native to the Amazon in South America.
The vast majority of fish known to generate electricity are tropical freshwater fish, and the vast majority are benthic fish.
They can generate electricity because their bodies alienate a very special kind of cell, the power generation cell.
Some power-generating cells evolve from muscle fibers, while others evolve from spinal neurons.
All the fish that can generate electricity are slow-moving fish, they are native to turbid rivers and have poor or no vision at all. They survive on this planet thanks to powerful magical attacks.
For these ornamental fish that can generate electricity, the function of power generation is not only used for feeding, but also can be used to resist enemies and locate, and even can be used to communicate with the same kind.
For example, a male electric eel to pursue a female electric eel, people only need to discharge to the surrounding waters, if there is a female fish at first sight, it will also be "called back".
ay! In the face of nature, human mobile phone communication is weak! When human eels communicate with electricity on Earth, humans are still stealing peaches from trees!
Electricity in the fish tank
<h1>Can one electric eel electrocute another? </h1>
This is also a question that The Hustler is occasionally asked.
Essentially, this is a question of studying the "tolerance of electrocuted fish."
Because not every electric eel attack can be successful.
Since the Creator gave some fish the ability to generate electricity, it is natural to give those electric fish some "ability to perceive the current". It's fair to design like this.
According to ichthyologists, most fish sense the current in the water through the "lateral line", while some sharks and catfish sense the current through the unique "Rollon's pot belly" in the body.
When the surrounding electric field is abnormal, the fish's electrical induction system will play a role - fish that are close to the electric eel can not escape, naturally they will be corona, but those fish that are farther away will only be numbed by the electric eel, and then they can quickly escape.
Of course, there is a problem with the radius of the electric eel attack. The smaller the electric eel's attack range, the larger the electric eel's attack range. Most of the electric eels common in our ornamental fish field are less than 60 cm, and in most cases, its effective attack radius is less than half a meter. Interested friends can go to the videos posted online by electric eel players, and you will know the answer.
So the question arises: can one electric eel electrocute another?
The answer is: sometimes yes, sometimes not.
When the electric eel is generating electricity, the reason why it does not die of electricity is because it has a special layer of fat on the surface of its body, which acts as an insulator to avoid the suicide of the electric eel.
This layer of insulator can not only prevent electric eels from being electrocuted by themselves, but also avoid themselves from being killed by similar power generation actions.
That is to say, under normal circumstances, even if one electric eel is within the effective attack range of another electric eel, it is safe.
Note that this is the normal situation. Where there are normal conditions, there are abnormal situations.
If an electric eel has surface trauma for some reason, causing the thin insulation layer to be damaged, it is embarrassing, even if you are an electric eel, it will be corona by another electric eel.
Electric eels in fresh water
<h1>Can electric eels electrocute people? </h1>
It can only be said that in the vast majority of cases, electric eels are actually electric undead.
A lot of information shows that electric eels can emit a voltage of 800 volts, which is true.
However, only those electric eels with a body length of more than one meter have that much power generation capacity.
Most of the common electric eels on the aquarium market are only 20 or 30 centimeters, even if they are kept for a period of time, they are only 60 centimeters, and they are as large as 800 volts, which is at best 200 or 300 volts.
Moreover, there is also a problem with the radius of attack. When the distance is relatively far, its lethality is not large.
In addition, the electric eel is not able to generate electricity non-stop, each time it generates electricity, it has to wait for ten minutes to emit a large enough current again, as long as you see the timing, in fact, you can also scientifically dodge its attack.
Also, we've heard that electric eels can kill a cow or a person in a second, but in fact, most of this is a rumor.
A long enough electric eel could indeed bring down an old cow crossing the river, but it was corona, not electrocution.
Corona and electrocution are two different things.
In South America, some people cross rivers by corona and then drown.
This is the truth.
Every time I meet a player who plays electric eel, I will ask: Aren't you afraid of being charged?
Most of these players will answer me very hesitantly: don't be afraid, at most numb!
Ha ha! The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. Under the protection of knowledge, even electric eels, humans can boldly conquer it.
Friendly advice: more than a meter of electric eel or do not play, in case of any? What do you say?
When it comes to the topic of electric eels, he can't help but want to talk about "electric fishing". Many friends are disgusted by people who use electricity to catch fish in reservoirs and rivers. The boy was also disgusted with them. On the one hand, this is a very dangerous thing, and if you accidentally electrify yourself or others, it can lead to very tragic results; on the other hand, electric fish is not big or small, in fact, it is a bit of a taste of fishing. Catching big fish and releasing small fish is the way for us to live in harmony with nature.
Knowledge Easter Egg: How to prevent leakage of electricity in the fish tank? Leakage of electricity will not only hurt fish, but also may hurt people, and the anti-leakage work of the fish tank is actually very necessary. Fish tank anti-leakage guide I have posted in my headline circle, welcome friends by clicking on the blue fish icon below to join the ornamental fish circle of The Cowboy, and learn the secrets of the fishing with my closest aquarists.
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