Which species can conduct an electric current?

Answer 1

There are a number of species that utilize electricity in order to hunt their prey or to defend them selves.

Electric eels living in freshwater are quite amazing and can give shocks of several hundred volts.

Some flat fish living in Salt Water does also have this ability but their power is not comparable to that of the Electric eel.

In fact all living species does conduct electricity one way or another.

All brains in living creatures function by sending electric signals back and forth.

When you read this, the light is interpreted by eyes and in turn transformed into an electric signal that is further processed by the brain.

When you decide to type an answer here on WikiAnswer, it is electrical signals from your brain that makes your arms, hands and fingers move.

Did you know that the Human Brain actually uses up approx 30% of all the energy provided by food :-)

Most of which is transformed into electricity to keep our "computer" running.