| 单词 | electric eel |
| 例句 | Piper’s dad had once taken her to the Aquarium of the Pacific and shown her an electric eel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nile perch and nkyende and electric eel dragged from the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her parents didn't love her, so she developed a thirst for power, doing away with everybody in line for the throne, until Triton banished her with two dopey, roller-skating, electric eel henchmen. Ariel version 2.0: 'The Little Mermaid' splashes into La Mirada Theatre with an updated story 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z When, through the nighttime murk of the Amazon River, an electric eel locates a feeder fish, what happens next is instantaneous: A jolt of electricity surges through the fish’s nerves. The Rise of the Spice Girls Generation 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z I believe they have replaced the electric eels, which light up an electric display with crackling speakers at feeding time. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z After all, electric eels can generate a jolt, why not humans? ‘The Power’ is our era’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The coconut marketing never materialized, as happened with a number of Brando’s inspirations, such as putting electric eels in some sort of container to create electricity for his Sherman Oaks home on Mulholland Drive. Kirkland lawyer guards the brand of Marlon Brando 2013-12-29T02:06:30Z At one London concert during the 1820s, the audience was treated to demonstrations of electric eels, according to the pianist, conductor and historian Joel Sachs, who is on the faculty of the Juilliard School. Bar and Bathroom Lines, Molto Adagio 2014-04-18T20:59:14Z While underwater, he resembles a giant electric eel with bourbon bloat. ‘Godzilla, King of the Monsters’ Review: For Once, the Title Says It All 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z In the 18th and 19th centuries, Alessandro Volta “looked at the behavior of the electric eel” to invent the battery, Manning says. Animals inspire scientists to solve problems that humans face 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z These cells are usually located toward the head or tail of the animal, although in the case of the electric eel, they are found along the entire body. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z He surveyed Mexican deer, American crocodiles, Indian pythons, spiny dogfish, electric eels, armadillos and hundreds of other animals. Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z An electric eel is used as a weapon, as is a pistol shrimp. What to watch with your kids: ‘American Underdog,’ ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ and more 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Scientists recorded groups of more than 100 electric eels working together to circle shoals of small prey fish and herd them to shallow waters in a lake in North Brazil. In Case You Missed It 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z The findings of their study, published Thursday in the journal Ecology and Evolution, overturn the idea that electric eels are exclusively solitary predators and raise new questions about the lives of these little-understood fish. Electric Eels Hunt in Packs, Shocking Prey and Scientists 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z It is the most powerful of these species that was the subject of this discovery - Volta's electric eel. Electric eels work together to zap prey 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Crampton suspects other species of electric eels may utilize the same hunting strategy. Shocking discovery: Electric eels hunt in packs in Amazon rivers 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Avocado smoothies and electric eel pajamas aren't for everyone, and by everyone we mean definitely not Big Ben, who has spent the majority of his playing career acting like he's retired. Ben Roethlisberger's offseason fitness program consisted of playing golf and drinking beer, to which we say hell yes - Golf Digest 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z A few brief reports about international science and technology from Indonesia to Spain, including one from Brazil about the highest voltage electric eel ever discovered. Science News Briefs from Around the Globe 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Typically, electric eels hunt alone, sneaking up on sleeping fish and shocking them into submission. Electric Eels Hunt in Packs, Shocking Prey and Scientists 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z An electric eel named Miguel Wattson is shocking visitors at the Tennessee Aquarium by using its blips of electricity to power Christmas lights. Electric eel powers Tennessee Aquarium's Christmas lights, in shocking use of science 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Visitors to the Tennessee aquarium may be shocked to learn that the Christmas tree is being powered by an unusual renewable energy source – an electric eel. Flashy fish: electric eel powers Tennessee aquarium’s Christmas tree 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The average shock from an electric eel lasts about two-thousandths of a second. New Electric Eel Is Most Shocking Yet 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z While 250 species of fish in South America generate electricity, only electric eels use it to stun prey and for self-protection. Jolting discovery: Powerful new electric eel found 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Dr. Bastos and Dr. de Santana analyzed over 70 hours of footage of Volta’s electric eels conducting highly coordinated group hunts. Electric Eels Hunt in Packs, Shocking Prey and Scientists 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The electric eel, which is a kind of fish rather than an eel, inspired the design of the first electric battery. Shocking news: world's most powerful electric eel found in Amazon 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The aquarium hopes the Christmas tree will a powerful appreciation for the often feared electric eel and under appreciated eels of all kinds. Flashy fish: electric eel powers Tennessee aquarium’s Christmas tree 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misidentified the electricity-producing cells in electric eels. New Electric Eel Is Most Shocking Yet 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z "In the river there is also an electric eel with enough volts to kill a horse," says Sgt Vadim with a wry smile. The soldiers who protect a rainforest 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The researchers suspect these electric eels orchestrate their attacks by communicating via low-voltage electric discharges. Electric Eels Hunt in Packs, Shocking Prey and Scientists 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z But as part of a project to better understand electric eels and map wildlife in remote parts of South America, de Santana and his team decided to test that theory. Shocking news: world's most powerful electric eel found in Amazon 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s no secret that electric eels stun their prey—accounts of such occurrences date back centuries. Shocking Secrets of the Electric Eel 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated the difference in voltage between a typical electric eel and an American wall socket. New Electric Eel Is Most Shocking Yet 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The explorer was also held up at arrow and gunpoint, arrested for drug smuggling and encountered alligators, electric eels and jaguars. 'I was stalked by a polar bear' 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z While it’s unclear if other species of electric eels hunt in groups, experts say it’s not unlikely. Electric Eels Hunt in Packs, Shocking Prey and Scientists 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z But its total power output was between two and three orders of magnitude smaller than that achieved by an electric eel, whose cells are thinner and thus lower-resistance. Electric Eel-Inspired Devices Could Power Artificial Human Organs 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The electric eel can generate electrical discharges of 100 watts to stun prey, but should you X-ray an eel, you wouldn't find a battery pack inside. An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Most people would do everything possible to avoid getting zapped by an electric eel. See a Biologist Brave Eel Shocks in the Name of Science 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z In his earlier experiments, he found that an electric eel is like a battery. Testing an Electric Eel’s Shock Powers With His Own Arm 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z “It’s possible that all electric eel species hunt cooperatively,” said Kory Evans, a fish ecologist at Rice University. Electric Eels Hunt in Packs, Shocking Prey and Scientists 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The zoo’s new inhabitants also include red-eyed tree frogs, walking batfish and electric eels as well as several carnivorous plants and more. World’s oddest creatures coming to Akron Zoo for new exhibit 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The net result is a power source that is able to generate voltages similar to those generated by the electric eel. An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Now everyone at the Open is in neon, dressed like an electric eel. Majors vs. Slams: A Minor Tennis Debate 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Catania says that his latest work adds to findings that electric eels are more sophisticated than just being crude giant batteries that discharge shocks. Electric eels leap from water in shock video 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z That is, until he serendipitously witnessed a similar behavior in electric eels in his laboratory. Shocking Find: Electric Eels Can Leap Out of Water to Attack 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Team of the week: Who was like an electric eel? 'I cannot see Villa staying up now' 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Brown, M. V. The electric discharge of the electric eel. An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z That's how one biologist describes the experience of getting zapped by an electric eel. Electric Embrace: Eels Curl Up to Supercharge Shocks 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z To understand what was happening, Catania brought electric eels into the lab and presented them with anesthetized fish that were insulated from the eel’s electroreceptors by plastic bags. The Electric Eel’s Superpower Just Got Even Cooler 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z In 1800, Humboldt observed native fishermen in Venezuela collecting electric eels by "fishing with horses." Shocking Find: Electric Eels Can Leap Out of Water to Attack 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Lymphoma symptoms began with stomach pain on a family trip to Mexico where Mason zip-lined and snorkeled with electric eels. Wilmington hospital staff become children’s superheroes 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Keynes, R. D. & Martins-Ferreira, H. Membrane potentials in the electroplates of the electric eel. An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z He said he hopes his new study might get other researchers wondering just what the electric eel is capable of hunting in the wild. Electric Embrace: Eels Curl Up to Supercharge Shocks 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “That electric eels are electrolocating prey as they stun them is at once astonishing and intriguing.” The Electric Eel’s Superpower Just Got Even Cooler 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z A jolt from an electric eel does more than stun its prey, scientists say. Electric eels 'remotely control prey' 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Back in the 1970s, scientists noticed that electric eels exploring murky river bottoms sometimes release two quick pulses in a row — called a doublet — in less than a hundredth of a second. The Surprising Power of an Electric Eel’s Shock 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Unlike electric eels and other fish that use shocks to stun prey, this fish generates a weak electric field to help it navigate and to locate insects and other prey. Learning How Little We Know About the Brain 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Early the following morning we continued on our way, and soon struck the Brook, as chance had it, at the pool of the electric eels, into which we waded without a moment's hesitation. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Before he began studying these animals, Catania used to think electric eels were fairly primitive. The Electric Eel’s Superpower Just Got Even Cooler 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z They proved to be those of electric eels; and it now occurred to me that the round holes were made by these animals working constantly round and round in the moist, muddy soil. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z When Dr. Catania put electric eels in a tank with brainless fish, some would swim up to the barrier and deliver a doublet. The Surprising Power of an Electric Eel’s Shock 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z I compared feminine action under the old limitations to the touching of an electric eel, which immediately gives one a paralyzing shock. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The Gymnotus is the famous electric eel, and like the Torpedo of the English Channel and the Mediterranean, has the power of communicating a violent electric shock. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z "But in no case," said Faraday, "not even in those of the electric eel and torpedo, is there a production of electric power without something being used up to supply it." The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z During the trip he had to contend with vipers and electric eels and was also wrongly accused of murder.It was Diana. 52 weeks 52 questions, part three 2010-12-23T02:42:20Z "But the presence of the Zetas has thrown an electric eel in a barrel of fish." Northern Mexico's State of Anarchy 2010-11-20T03:54:00Z The letter recounts a multitude of experiments with various electric eels. The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments The flat perania, the dreaded electric eel, infests the warm streams, and inflicts its torture without discrimination upon all who dare invade its domain. Carmen Ariza Humboldt first tested the power of the gymnotus, or electric eel, large numbers of which are met with in all the tributaries of the Orinoco. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Here several species of turtles and alligators swarm in vast numbers; electric eels, too, abound in them, as well as many of the other curious water-creatures of that region. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America So ended the chat about electric eels, the subject seeming exhausted. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco “Fish, my friend, they really are,” observed the doctor, “though known as gymnoti, or electric eels; and truly glad I am that I came to see them caught.” The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela The electric eel at the Adelaide Gallery is nothing to it. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 It is well known that the electric eel and the torpedo use their batteries for stunning other animals. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique It is the gymnotus electricus, or electric eel,—one of the many curious inhabitants of this region,—from two to five, and even eight feet in length. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America But spur and shout as they may, the terrified quadrupeds can scarce be got to stir from the spot where first attacked by the electric eels. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The electric eel is also an inhabitant of these waters, and has sometimes nearly proved fatal to the strongest swimmer. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 The electric eel at the Adelaide Gallery is nothing to it. The Bed-Book of Happiness Gymnotus, an electric eel of South America, and found in the fresh waters of Brazil and Guiana. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Not only fish, but turtles find their way into these weirs, and sometimes electric eels—as also those dreaded fish, the piranhas. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America An attack by electric eels, however ludicrous the thing may seem, is not so looked upon by those whose ill luck it has been to experience it. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco This seemed all the more probable since it was known that certain fishes and an electric eel were capable of giving violent electric shocks. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 The newspaper is like an electric eel, as one touches it and expects a shock. Life and Letters of Robert Browning It's like the difference between an eel and an electric eel. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier There she lies like an electric eel, giving shocks from a distance. The Road to Damascus But it ends only in talk; they have had enough of that crossing-place, so dangerously beset by those demonios, as Gaspar in his anger dubs the electric eels. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Besides these varied dishes, there is the electric eel; and, sunk in a yard depth of mud, is the lollock, of such interest to naturalists The lollock is a fish peculiar to the Chaco. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Action: electric, similarity of, in the electric eel and the voltaic battery. volcanic, centre of. connexion of. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 In Dutch Guiana, at Demerara for instance, electric eels were formerly employed to cure paralytic affections. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The electric eel strikes at a great distance. The Road to Damascus Do you mean to say you’ve never seen an electric eel?” Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco That thing wriggling about like a minute electric eel, always in motion, is known as the trypanosome. The Dream Doctor Horses of the Llanos: contests of, with electric eels. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 It seems to me as if my companions, the moment they touched me, would receive a severe shock like that from an electric eel. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth "Maybe," I added, "it's no more approachable than an electric eel or an electric ray!" Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea They proved to be those of electric eels, and it now occurred to me that the round holes were made by these animals working constantly round and round in the moist, muddy soil. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Fever, snakes, jaguars, alligators, cannibal fish, electric eels, have thinned their ranks month by month, and of their march through the primeval wilderness no track remains, except those lonely graves. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth He saw once there a sea-horse—just a queer little sea-animal that looked somewhat like a horse—and another time he saw an electric eel which Benjamin Franklin's discovery had explained. The Financier, a novel |
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