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THE Amazon eel (Electrophorus) presents two types of discharges : one occurring in groups of high voltage, and another one, which appears in single peaks, of very low voltage1,2.
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CHAGAS, C., LEÃO, A., MOREIRA, M. et al. Low-Voltage Discharge of the Electric Eel. Nature 158, 746–747 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158746b0
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