Electric eel

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• PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just went to the aquarium. That’s shock is 3x more powerful than a wall outlet.

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Needs clarification - do you mean a flowery, lacey, girly American electricity outlet, or a meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet?

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    • Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you for making me picture the American wall outlet as a femboy, and the German Schutzkontakt outlet as a Giga Chad.

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    • Sanyanov@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet

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  • brown567@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nice! How was it?

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    • PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was fun actually. They have a place where the stingrays swim up to you and you’re allowed to pet them. I was surprised by how they actually want to get pet. They swim up to the side of the wall and come out of the water to get your attention. Like a little water dog.

      Thanks for asking!

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    • Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      wet.

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  • DagonPie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thats sick. Hope you had a good time

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is not true. The voltage is 3 times higher, that’s part of why it’s so debilitating. If the power (amperage) was 3 times higher that man would not have gotten back up. Their amperage peaks at about 1 amp, which is enough to do some damage.

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    • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s no given amperage coming out of the wall. It’s a product of V=IR. Given a constant resistance for the person’s body, three times the voltage does means three times the current.

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    • Sanyanov@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      1A amperage is a feature of saltwater eels, ones that produce electricity at much lower voltages, like 10-80V. This is a natural adaptation allowing them to maximize power output in a relatively highly conductive environment.

      The freshwater eels, the ones producing 600-800V, are only able to output about 0,1A, because that’s just how power works.

      1A at 600V would be a guaranteed instakill for a human.

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  • iamanurd@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol, I took that as you going to the aquarium to grab an eel and let us know its strength instead of relaying a fact that you learned there.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like that universe better so this is what happened

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    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So much for that extensively planned eel heist.

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  • Sanyanov@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not 3x more powerful, but rather having 3x higher voltage.

    But still enough power to shock an adult human.

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    • DanglingFury@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But how many amps?

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• TragicNotCute@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s kind of shocking.

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  • ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Electrifying performance

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    • Retrograde@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This has sparked an interest in eels for me

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  • bartvbl@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A good summary of current events

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• username_unavailable@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dude showed it some respect the second time.

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• dipshit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No sleep now gramps, this is a lake.

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  • NorthWestWind@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The great zapfish has been captured again!

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• BustinJiber@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The classic don’t help just film scenario.

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• aluminium@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Renewable source of energy

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• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why so few frames per second?

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• bstix@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I liked the jackass skit better.

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