The Animal That Can Shoot Lightning!

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00:00Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's an animal that can literally shoot lightning.

00:07Okay, maybe not lightning from the sky, but something just as shocking. Meet the electric

00:14eel. This incredible creature isn't actually an eel, but a type of knife fish found in South

00:20America. And get this, it can generate powerful electric shocks of up to 860 volts. That's more

00:28than seven times the voltage of a standard U.S. wall socket. They use this shocking superpower for

00:35both hunting and self-defense. A single jolt can stun prey or scare off predators in an instant.

00:43Imagine having a built-in taser. So, while it might not be summoning thunderstorms like Thor,

00:50the electric eel is definitely the undisputed king of shock value in the animal kingdom.

00:56Nature is seriously metal.