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Electric eel (i.imgflip.com)
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[-] PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works 96 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That shock is 3x more powerful than a wall outlet.

Source: I just went to the aquarium.

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago
[-] PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works 55 points 11 months ago

It was fun actually. They have a place where the stingrays swim up to you and you're allowed to pet them. I was surprised by how they actually want to get pet. They swim up to the side of the wall and come out of the water to get your attention. Like a little water dog.

Thanks for asking!

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Rays are awesome. I always tell my student divers not to approach them, but to enjoy it if they decide to be buddies.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I love stingrays and nurse sharks! They're like little aqua puppies.

Edit: I remember when I was little, I always wanted to know if the aquarium we were going to had stingrays and nurse sharks (and sea urchins too, they always had sea urchins in the petting pools). They were by far my favorite part of the aquariums.

[-] valaramech@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

Speaking of sea urchins, I learned a while ago they like to wear shells and such like little hats to protect them from the sun. It's adorable.

Also, an aquarium 3D printed some hats for their urchins. It's pretty great.

[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah I went to an aquatic petting zoo like 25 years ago when I was a kid with my parents in Mexico, and how cute the nurse sharks and the rays were and how much they enjoyed being pet still sticks with me today.

And that was a hell of a lot of beers ago, pretty sure it’s a core memory at this point.

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

That's awesome! One of my most vivid early memories is petting rays at the Monterey Bay aquarium on a field trip in elementary school

[-] Acinonyx 4 points 11 months ago
[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

I think you may have strayed from the designated viewing area XD

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Needs clarification - do you mean a flowery, lacey, girly American electricity outlet, or a meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet?

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Thank you for making me picture the American wall outlet as a femboy, and the German Schutzkontakt outlet as a Giga Chad.

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for elaborately clarifying

[-] DagonPie@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Thats sick. Hope you had a good time

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Not 3x more powerful, but rather having 3x higher voltage.

But still enough power to shock an adult human.

[-] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago
[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That will heavily depend on the surroundings, your body, and contact points.

Also, freshwater and saltwater eels approach it differently, with freshwater ones (the ones delivering those 600-800 volts) able to give out amperage of around 0,1A.

This may not seem like much, but it is actually enough to stun and paralyze a human, and this is exactly what we see here. If there's nobody to break the contact, the current will keep flowing for several more seconds, and then your heart will stop, with all the consequences it entails.

[-] iamanurd@midwest.social 13 points 11 months ago

lol, I took that as you going to the aquarium to grab an eel and let us know its strength instead of relaying a fact that you learned there.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I like that universe better so this is what happened

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

So much for that extensively planned eel heist.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

This is not true. The voltage is 3 times higher, that's part of why it's so debilitating. If the power (amperage) was 3 times higher that man would not have gotten back up. Their amperage peaks at about 1 amp, which is enough to do some damage.

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There’s no given amperage coming out of the wall, it’s a product of V=IR. Given a constant resistance for the person’s body, three times the voltage does means three times the current.

“Voltage doesn’t kill you, current does” is a bad statement that’s often repeated. You don’t get current without voltage.

Good electroboom video: https://youtu.be/XDf2nhfxVzg

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

An eel can only generate so much power, so essentially the voltage will drop so that the power will be lower.

600V at 0,1A will just turn to, say, 100V at 0,6A if the resistance between two points will be 1667 Ohm.

To keep voltage at 600V (and subsequently deliver 0,36A) you need a power source that can deliver 3,6 times more power.

In that sense, amperage is super important. We should always consider capabilities of the power source, this is big part of electrical grid engineering.

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

1A amperage is a feature of saltwater eels, ones that produce electricity at much lower voltages, like 10-80V. This is a natural adaptation allowing them to maximize power output in a relatively highly conductive environment.

The freshwater eels, the ones producing 600-800V, are only able to output about 0,1A, because that's just how power works.

1A at 600V would be almost a guaranteed instakill for a human.

[-] gens@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago
[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Frequency dependant.

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago

That’s kind of shocking.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago
[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

This has sparked an interest in eels for me

[-] bartvbl@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A good summary of current events

[-] username_unavailable@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

Dude showed it some respect the second time.

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

No sleep now gramps, this is a lake.

[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

The great zapfish has been captured again!

[-] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

The classic don't help just film scenario.

[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Renewable source of energy

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Why so few frames per second?

[-] bstix@feddit.dk -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I liked the jackass skit better.

Edit: yeah okay if you haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80HRJgGgGR8

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