For The First Time, Electric Eels Have Been Seen Hunting And Zapping Prey as a Group
Electric eels appear to not be the loners we thought they were.
In a small lake deep in the Amazon River basin in Brazil, scientists have for the first time recorded the fish not just living together, but actively working together to forage, and to bring down their prey.
There s even evidence that the strategy is working. Of the plentiful Volta s electric eels (
Electrophorus voltai, not a true eel but a type of knifefish) found living in the lake, many were over 1.2 metres (4 feet) in length and thriving.
MEGALODONS grew to their enormous size as infants would often resort to cannibalism on their own siblings in order to feed their ever-growing appetite, scientists have revealed.
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