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Yes they can Kill... The shock from an electric eel affects the body by altering physiological functions such as involuntary muscle actions and respiration. Symptoms of being shocked by an electric eel can be respiratory paralysis and cardiac failure. These symptoms may result in death. Eels also have powerful jaws and can bite a finger right off of a diver if they are not careful. This could in theory cause death if medical treatment was not made available soon. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/BarryLajnwand.shtml

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What eat electric eels?

No water animals eats the electric eels since electric eels have very powerful shocks that can paralyze or hurt anything that gets its way. Humans have been known to eat electric eels on very rare occasions.


What eats the electric eel?

Humans do eat electric eels when they are dead. The electric eel's meat tastes like fish.


What does electric eels eat?

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How does electric eels eat?

They eat through their mouths.


What do baby electric eels eat?

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Why are eels electric?

to kill the fish that they eat


What do Electric Eels eat and drink?

Electric eels feed on invertebrates, where adult eels eat fish and small mammals. First-born hatchlings will even eat other eggs and embryos from later batches. The juveniles will eat invertebrates such as shrimp or crab.


Do humans eat moray eels?

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Do electric eels eat plants?

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What are the predators of electric eels?

Electric eels are what is known as an "apex predator". These are predators that don't have any natural predators of their own. The electric eel has the ability to produce 600 volts of electricity through it's body which is an self-defense mechanism that makes it extremely difficult for anything to eat it. In fact, it has been noted that alligators have died from biting into an electric eel.


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Do sharks eat electric eels?

While it's theoretically possible for a shark to eat an electric eel, it's unlikely due to the eel's ability to produce high-voltage electric shocks as a defense mechanism. Sharks typically avoid electric eels to prevent injury or damage from the electric shocks.