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Shocking discovery: Electric eels hunt in packs in Amazon rivers -- Science & Technology -- Sott net

© Youtube When darkness comes, electric eels emerge from South American river bottoms to attack their prey with up to 860 volts of electricity enough to kill a person. Now, scientists have revealed the snakelike fish don t always go it alone: They hunt in packs, similar to wolves, orcas, and some species of tuna. The finding, a first among electric fishes, may open the way for new studies to investigate when social predation evolved among fishes. I was shocked, says Douglas Bastos, a biologist at the National Institute of Amazonian Research who first saw a group attack in 2012. Usually the eels, which

For The First Time, Electric Eels Have Been Seen Hunting And Zapping Prey as a Group

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.

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