A biologist has accidentally discovered that electric eels can make leaping attacks that dramatically increase the strength of the electric shocks they deliver and, in so doing, has confirmed a 200-year-old observation by famous 19th century explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.

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Submitted June 07, 2016 at 05:45AM by NinjaDiscoJesus http://ift.tt/1raCOjV