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How are electric eels powered?
« on: 29/09/2017 11:49:48 »
Brayden says:

How do electric eels get their energy?

What do you think?
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Re: How are electric eels powered?
« Reply #1 on: 29/09/2017 20:00:51 »
They get it from ATP, the same as any other organism. The nervous system and muscles of living organisms already make use of charge-carrying currents via ions. The electric eel has simply taken it to the next level: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel#Physiology
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Re: How are electric eels powered?
« Reply #2 on: 02/10/2017 18:14:10 »
The real question is how you plug them in. Mine came without instructions I don't know what voltage or charging current it needs.
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Re: How are electric eels powered?
« Reply #3 on: 02/10/2017 18:34:07 »
Quote from: David Cooper on 02/10/2017 18:14:10
The real question is how you plug them in. Mine came without instructions I don't know what voltage or charging current it needs.
socket and see David
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