Piranha fish live in the lakes, and electric eels.

湖里有水虎鱼，还有电鳗。

Consider the electric eel capable of producing up to 600 volts of electricity.

想想电鳗能产生高达600伏特的电流。

Believe it or not, an electric eel can generate a shock of up to 700 volts.

信不信由你，一条电鳗可以产生高达700伏特的电击。

Up until the two recent discoveries, scientists believed there was only one electric eel in existence.

直到最近的两项发现之前，科学家们一直认为世界上只存在一种电鳗。

This is a perfect 10 out of 10 idea. Let's put this electric eel to work.

这是一个满分的创意。让我们从这条电鳗开始说起。

He's the electric eel and somehow engineers harnessed his shocks to power the lights of a nearby Christmas tree.

他是那只电鳗，工程师们利用他的电击为附近的圣诞树供电。

A newfound species of electric eel, Electrophorus voltai, produces the strongest shock scientists have ever measured from a living animal.

一种最新发现的电鳗物种——伏打电鳗——产生了科学家有史以来在活体动物身上测量到的最强电击。

Turns out that electric eels are more like electro-locating homing eel-bats with stun guns.

事实证明，电鳗更像是带有电击枪的电子定位归巢鳗蝠。

Well, the great news is it's not just the electric eel that does it.

好消息是， 不仅仅是电鳗能做到这一点。

I unplugged the electric eel that sent shockwaves all over Miami.

我拔掉了电鳗的插头，电鳗给整个迈阿密带来了冲击波。

Electric Eels: Despite their name, electric eels are not actually eels.

8. 电鳗：虽然名字叫电鳗，但实际上并不是鳗鱼。

Each group of four blobs can produce about the same voltage as an electric eel's electrocyte.

每组四个斑点可以产生与电鳗的电细胞大致相同的电压。

To make an electric eel inspired battery the first thing to understand is how the eels do it.

要制作受电鳗启发的电池，首先要了解鳗鱼是如何做到的。

The most powerful strongly electric fish is the electric knife fish, more commonly known as the electric eel.

最厉害的强电鱼是电刀鱼，俗称电鳗。

Among the most promising, though, are water-based batteries inspired by the way an electric eel stores its charge.

最有前景的之一是受电鳗储存电荷方式启发的水基电池。

Electric eels have long chains of special cells called electrocytes that are all linked to a common nerve.

电鳗有长长的特殊细胞链，称为电细胞，它们都与共同的神经相连。

But fish using electricity is more common than you might think; and yes, electric eels are a type of fish.

但是用电养鱼比你想象的更普遍；是的， 电鳗是一种鱼。

What we know now is that electric eels are much more sophisticated hunters than we thought.

我们现在所知道的是，电鳗比我们想象的要复杂得多。

The electrical storm eventually exhausts and immobilizes the prey, and the electric eel can swallow its meal alive.

电风暴最终使猎物筋疲力尽并无法动弹，电鳗可以活着吞下它的大餐。

According to a study in Nature Communications, electric eels use their zap both as a weapon and a tracking device.

根据 Nature Communications 的一项研究，电鳗将它们的 zap 用作武器和跟踪设备。