How do fish make electricity? - Eleanor Nelsen
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Nearly 350 species of fish have specialized anatomical structures that generate and detect electrical signals. Underwater, where light is scarce, electrical signals offer ways to communicate, navigate, find, and sometimes stun prey. But how do these fish produce electricity? And why? Eleanor Nelsen illuminates the science behind electric fish.
Lesson by Eleanor Nelsen, directed by TOTEM Studio.
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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@Jessie91J
6 жыл бұрын
Just to let you know: Schnauzenorgan is a German compound of Schnauze (snout) and Organ (organ). So it's basically just the snout, or snout organ =)
@hellothere9535
6 жыл бұрын
Make more riddles, please?
Teacher: There’s no electric in 1770s Eel: Am I joke to you?
@robinsmoon443
4 жыл бұрын
@CookieLove What
@jarryvidal269
4 жыл бұрын
He typed it backwards. Read from the last word to the first.
@actobot9433
4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@kenmendoza6932
4 жыл бұрын
@Vayaros not discovered, but harnessed. As humans already discovered lightning and such much earlier.
@yadavrkaran874
3 жыл бұрын
In 1770s Human don't know about electricity and how to produce it.
It’s my understanding that the spasms produced by the shock from an electric ray can be so violent that it’s not uncommon for the prey fish to actually break its own back.
@Rudxain
2 жыл бұрын
That's also related to adrenaline in humans. Human muscles are much more powerful than their average use. Adrenaline "unlocks" the max capacity. This "unlocking" system is temporary because we can hurt ourselves in many ways, lol
This is the closest thing to a Pokémon we’ve ever discovered
@npc4416
3 жыл бұрын
oh boy oh boy, not at all, nature hold much more crazy stuff bro just look at insects
@thatsalot3577
2 жыл бұрын
@@npc4416 like earthworms 😂
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2 жыл бұрын
@@thatsalot3577 ahh yes, yummy dirt 😋
@ahMaD_SOhaiL53
2 жыл бұрын
I burst out laughing when I read this 😂 Anyway, it's true.
@tamannatasnimtisha2848
2 жыл бұрын
My goodness!!! 🤣🤣 It's true anyway!
Turns out that these fishes are one of the first electrical engineers of mother nature (who herself is one), being able to detect, analyse, and transmit changes in electric fields and signals respectively.. how incredible!
@sirjohn6299
11 ай бұрын
Yup, nature has many secrets and discovering them could potentially lead to many great advancements.
@_retrophile_7473
2 ай бұрын
There's no such a thing as "mother nature". This fish for example is way too complicated, you can say it's well engineered, so there's The One who created it.
@ephagon
Ай бұрын
Humans are also mother nature's doing :D
@S-cz9rw
12 сағат бұрын
@_retrophile_7473 your perspective is interesting, maybe your perspective is just a more specific term for an extremely similar but abstract concept! I like how you try to bridge their verbiage with something more specific but I can't tell if you guys understand each other or disagree ! 🤔
Finally learnt how pikachu uses thunder bolt
@empresselilyho8425
6 жыл бұрын
Yes
@shannenlibres2365
4 жыл бұрын
Lots of mitochondria
@ZGlove.
4 жыл бұрын
There's a video on Game Theory that goes into depth about how Electric-Type moves work.
@hammaster9917
4 жыл бұрын
You are Pikachu
@SJ2310
3 жыл бұрын
@@voltage7498 bulba!
Are these pokemon water or electric type?
@kerninjathefrog6569
6 жыл бұрын
Ignacio water/electric dual type
6 жыл бұрын
asking the real questions here
@memeswiper
6 жыл бұрын
Ignacio Both
@blazingfire7517
6 жыл бұрын
LagiNaLangAko23 SCIENCE!!!
@rafags2987
6 жыл бұрын
electric/water, just as chinchou and lanturn
I legit just figured electric eels was a play on words and it just had some sort of poison on its skin that caused a pain similar to a shock. I never actually figured they could produce true electricity. That is so insane
@swaxify1224
10 ай бұрын
I'm so lost now
@itsprobablywill
6 ай бұрын
On god that’s why I’m here at 12:30am
@ankitsrivastava5567
5 ай бұрын
@@itsprobablywill I read this comment at 12:30 am
@imstupidbut
2 ай бұрын
fr
I put this in the search hoping there would be a TED Ed explaining it. You guys rock!
I'm german and just wanted to say that "Schnauzenorgan" litearlly means snout-organ. Have a nice day.
@freja5641
6 жыл бұрын
Malzahar - ikr funny how she pronounced it
@anon4754
6 жыл бұрын
Snauuzenorgan ^^
@bobdigitally
6 жыл бұрын
Goo back to the void
@faunina669
6 жыл бұрын
i always love stumbling over German terms in science that just kinda?? became a thing there??? and then native English speakers have to go thru the trouble of trying to pronounce it lmao
@anon4754
6 жыл бұрын
+bobdigitally The internet counts as void, right?
I love this channel so much! I share it with everyone at my school and even my friends. It nor only makes learning fun but it's entertaining and it helps me retain the information. Keep up the great work!
This is so helpful with me. I had wrongly known that the only fish that can create electricity is the electric eel before i watch this. This is so amazing !
3:35 can't belive Ted-Ed predicted among us
Lets farm them and make endless alternative energy source
@outseparate8399
6 жыл бұрын
Pan Peter You gotta feed them though, and the release of electricity may not be worth the effort of farming to clean the water every day.
@bobdigitally
6 жыл бұрын
Not if we do aqua culture farming methods. But if we genetically modified ourselves then could generate personal Sith lightning for cell phone charging.
@saulw6270
6 жыл бұрын
bobdigitally still isnt endless
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6 жыл бұрын
bobdigitally Unlimited Power
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jack and the derby boy! 😊
@aseth9541
6 жыл бұрын
Death.
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6 жыл бұрын
Agreed
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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I asked my wife if she wanted to see my Shnauzenorgan. It didn't end well.
@soaringvulture
4 жыл бұрын
That should only be a problem if you had asked someone else's wife.
@yurikobata3809
4 жыл бұрын
Andyroo 101 day amp
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4 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@Mhats
3 жыл бұрын
well you have to give her the microscope first
This was shocking.
@damariouniverse9612
6 жыл бұрын
thumbs down
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
Lol
@annavilla5564
6 жыл бұрын
AstroLizardChannel I get your joke
@raymondtung5439
6 жыл бұрын
Nice one😂
Soon we will be powering cars with these. Dudes will be like, "Hey Buddy.. How many eels this thing have?", "well it came stock with 450 eels. I went to the pet shop and added another 50 eels so now im up to a whopping 500 eels.."
@darion1728
5 жыл бұрын
How do you fit 500 eels inside a "car"
@omegadeadpool4987
5 жыл бұрын
@@darion1728 The same way you fit "horses" into cars
@magicalmagicmagician5223
4 жыл бұрын
"SLAPS CAR" This bad boy can fit so many eels in it you won't even need to buy another eel again
@lmaonoidea
4 жыл бұрын
@@magicalmagicmagician5223 500 eel power That would be one electrifying car
@leelofty4485
3 жыл бұрын
i think you are joking Eels have been on earth for a long time why haven't people done anything about it
Imagine evolving for millions of years just to get classified as “weakly electric”
The most important question: how do I charge my phone with it?
@RandomPerson-yq1qk
6 жыл бұрын
Use a charger and eat the fish while waiting is the best use of the fish in this scenario.
@ben10inches
6 жыл бұрын
microwave your phone with the fish
@ksoundkaiju9256
6 жыл бұрын
Enzo Ma. Stick the tip of its tail into the phone port
@abdulmoid267
5 жыл бұрын
Feed your phone to the fish
@amdee305
5 жыл бұрын
As long as your phone has wireless charging just sit it on their backs
Did each type of electric fish evolve electricity separately or is there a common ancestry?
@Evergreen_Wizard
5 жыл бұрын
RV separately
@cristian.robles
2 жыл бұрын
If you ever got am answer to this question let me know 🤣
@adithyan9263
2 жыл бұрын
yes they evolved separately. which is awesome.
@hamzasat
2 жыл бұрын
No... God created them this Way ..
@adithyan9263
2 жыл бұрын
@@hamzasat nice hypothesis but wrong according to me.
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Thanks a lot uploading such a beautiful video. It's easy to understand the entire process. I teach this topic for Zoology students (T.Y. B.Sc). I wish I could have this video during my lecture, it would be more beneficial for them. Anyway, now I have shared link to this video with students. Thanks again.
I love these kind of animal/biology videos!!! Make more of these and also riddles!
This is actually one of the subjects in biology that I always wanted to know
This is best educative channel.Keep up the good work.
Thank you for an educative video and the translator , this is a great help in understanding what i learned theory. :D
Am I the only one who is uncomfortable becauae ells can generate electricity without knowing Ohm's law
@TheSlimmshadyy
6 жыл бұрын
electricity existed before Ohms law
@DAK4Blizzard
6 жыл бұрын
It must've been grandfathered in after the law passed. =P
@jjtomecek1623
6 жыл бұрын
How do you know they DON'T know about Ohm's law?
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6 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
Alu Pade LOL
I literally just said after a long day at the lab that I didn't want anymore information in my head and yet, here I am. Sleep is for the weak, anyway.
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6 жыл бұрын
Lotte G. Like School Science Lab Or legit Scientist Lab?
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4 жыл бұрын
Same
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4 жыл бұрын
@@ksoundkaiju9256 they are often the same lol, if by school u mean like university
Wow this is really helpful at understanding this! Thank you for the video!
I always assumed the “electric” part was just a misnomer, and the fish just secreted a stinging venom from its body. But no, it’s actually electricity!! Incredible!
@Dieselnaut16
Жыл бұрын
bruh
@swjdnansjdjs4224
Жыл бұрын
@@Dieselnaut16 I mean give them a break pretty crazy to think that an animal can produce electricity like a Pokémon
@brianboylan9932
Жыл бұрын
Otherwise it’d be the venomous eel
The people who clicked the disliked button must of thought it was the download button.
@abdulmoid267
5 жыл бұрын
You mean to say share button?
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4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
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4 жыл бұрын
*must have
@angelr9096
3 жыл бұрын
@@HipHopKitteh my thoughts exactly lolol but still, true story
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@TEDEd
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Rimsha! And thanks for watching!
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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Where are these fish when I need them to power my house 😂
@danielfame2940
6 жыл бұрын
do you know how many eels you would need?.... just pay the bill man
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6 жыл бұрын
Continual Improvement at pond I think
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6 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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@fishmansf4573
5 жыл бұрын
I found a website that sells electric eels as pets.
@0:50 I know the fish by name:-) Gnathonemus petersii. Besides living in my aquarium, they live in Sewage treatment plant in Germany to test the water,cause they change voltage in Millivolt when water changes. And they are friendly :-)
Thank you for sharing this!
I love it..need more explorations.
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Just like Pikachu...
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6 жыл бұрын
Dr.StickFigure Pikachu is a mouse.
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6 жыл бұрын
You mean Electross.
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6 жыл бұрын
Dr.StickFigure its the other way around: pikachu is just like the Real life animals
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6 жыл бұрын
Necrozma is the true god
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6 жыл бұрын
😂
The eel probably has a layer of cells around its body that can conduct electricity so it acts as a faraday cage for the fish,the electricity passes around the fish instead of through it.
@scarlet8078
5 жыл бұрын
I was taught that the eel's tail contains the potential gradient (anterior of tail = positive, posterior of tail = negative). All the eel's vital organs like its brain are at the front of the eel. When it 'powers up' to send shocks from its tail, it straightens out, and the current travels outward. You will see an eel sometimes bend in a U shape to avoid its head getting in the way of the current. If the current hit its brain, it would die. Electric eels can kill each other. In zoology they taught us that the pics of eels "biting & shocking prey simultaneously" are fake
Thank you TED, very cool!
My house is powered by fish. Don’t ask where I got them.
It works like a capacitor.
Awesome video as always. Thank you
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4 жыл бұрын
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This video just has me all amped up.
It was at 2:42 when I had to stop the video and smile about the information that the narrator gives us: "The Peter's elephantnose fish, for example, has an elongated chin called a shnauzenorgan...". Oh, the endless jokes and humor that this sentence could generate!
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You should update this video due to recent findings in Amazon's Jungle. New species of electric eel was found and it can discharge up to 950 volt. They named this eel as Electrophorus Voltai. Yay!!!
@Jack_Woods
2 жыл бұрын
Dang how that boy handle it's own voltage?
That's crazy, fish with superpowers!!
happy new year Ted ed!
Shocking information! It hit me like a bolt of lightning!
Electrifying content. Did somebody already made that joke?? Ok I am leaving
@tanbirhossain250
6 жыл бұрын
I am revolted by this pun.
@iluvaldur7768
6 жыл бұрын
Vicente Ortega Rubilar Damn, this comment is shocking.
@mustavogaia2655
6 жыл бұрын
some of those commenters are eel-informed
@Takumi_Did_Nothing_Wrong
6 жыл бұрын
For eel?
@glorysky1998
6 жыл бұрын
I don't believe so, it's shocking on how many people make puns in the comments
It's the amps (the amount of current) to worry about. The voltage only tells half the story, which is the potential. If the resistance is high, it will negate the voltage and thus reduce the amperage. Fortunately for humans, the electric eel only emits 1 amp over a quick instant, so it's not deadly to us.
@luongmaihunggia
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, only 1 amp, huge voltage but low current just like a capacitor
@uliseshernandez9176
6 жыл бұрын
I thought 0.1-0.2 amps were enough to cause death?
@thawizard5947
6 жыл бұрын
Could you please explain that in words a non scientist would understand? It really caught my interest!!
@superlanguagelearning6589
2 жыл бұрын
@@uliseshernandez9176 I believe 1 amp is needed to cause death, and then only if it crosses your heart.
@joshuasmith6346
10 ай бұрын
I wonder if salt water plays a factor in conducting then electricity
I can’t believe it has taken me this long to develop a curiosity for this
It is a very informative video thanks for this ....such an amazing and wonderful video
Who says electricity and water don't mix?
@luongmaihunggia
6 жыл бұрын
Alot of people say so because water is a bad conducter
@TheMegaxPlus
5 жыл бұрын
redstone craft guy But salt is a great conductor, and there's plenty in the sea
@chaoticfish4017
4 жыл бұрын
TheMegax Plus I think the guy already knows that, he did not say anything to contradict it.
This animation of the electric eel is so cute. Love to get one as a pet.
@victorprati7908
2 жыл бұрын
The real ones are kinda weird imo
I have to get up early tomorrow. But this is more important.
Ted-ed Has taught me more than my high school teachers did.
In jee advanced exam there was a problem with so many resistor and capacitor and an eel find the current in a particular loop
It’s crazy how you can make electric underwater without killing the lake
"Schnauzenorgan" will be how I refer to my mouth from now on. As a German "Rein damit ins Schnauzenorgan" is insanely funny to me.
Great video - thanks:)
Who remembers that electric fish in crash bandicoot 2 in the sewage tunnel??
@prokoli1303
4 жыл бұрын
Charles Darwin me, I hated that underwater mission tbh
See this is what I like about TED-Ed. I'm usually bored about science (I'm a world history teacher) but they make me care about cute electrically charged fishes.
I love your channel it's very educational
Well explained
Electric eels are Sith Lords.
@hugothedog5258
4 жыл бұрын
”Poweeeeer! Unlimited poweeeeeeeeer!!”
@sulejmaniapologist
3 жыл бұрын
A Sith lawd?
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3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth plagueis
@laurahenry7728
3 жыл бұрын
Darth eller
How do they not electrocute themselves? Easy. They were well trained at Xavier school for mutants
@brenaxquiny8639
4 жыл бұрын
They were built for it
@yojordon6401
4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@muhammadjoosab785
4 жыл бұрын
As far we know they probably were
@OverskilLFull
3 жыл бұрын
their secret is, they always electrocuted..
@Jack_Woods
2 жыл бұрын
They do, it's why they flinch when doing it
electrifying fishess :D wonderful animation
Good video and it anwsered a interesting question (and the German pronunciations made it even better)
2:40 the moment you remember that german once was the language of scientists
3:36 sus
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
Sus
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2 жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
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In the time since this video came out an even more powerful Electric Eel was discovered in the Amazon. Electrophorus voltai is apparently capable of emitting jolts up to 860 volts and 1 ampere in strength! That’s 860 watts of muscle numbing energy!
@zenitsuagatsuma9076
2 жыл бұрын
that kills
@akiraaidenpadilla3598
Жыл бұрын
Can I charge my computer with it or will I fEEL the pain
I’m shocked
@BigChungus-fd6uc
6 жыл бұрын
on your face
@sarmonroy2
5 жыл бұрын
Pa da dushhh
@Parkittaja
5 жыл бұрын
He He
Same question in my mind, so searched about electric fish.. and here found that scientists are still finding its answer.
The force is strong in this fish
You described the voltage of the fishes but not the amperage they produced. High voltage is nothing without amperage so it would've been nice to know that.
That kind of animals generate electricity long time ago before humans discover it🤔 amazing.👏
This is really amazing
Very electrifying!
When a male eel and a female eel like each other i can feel the electricity
@ElusiveMoth5
2 жыл бұрын
What a shocking fact
@adeenareaz4244
2 жыл бұрын
Theres a spark
I knew mother nature created some crazy stuff but damn this is on another level
@braveconcepts
2 жыл бұрын
Who is this "mother nature" ??? A person that designed and intentionally made things?
@sayedelghairb8640
2 жыл бұрын
@@braveconcepts Allah is The Creator of everything. Glory be to Allah and exalted be He above what they say and describe!
@akiraaidenpadilla3598
Жыл бұрын
@@sayedelghairb8640 shush we dont need no propaganda here
Good explanation
_so intresannt_ *teded* _mein lieblingskanal_
Why the current will flow through the target fish instead flow through the surrounding water? Isn't the water's resistance is lower then fish's flesh?
_I know this from watching cartoons as a kid_
@ben10inches
6 жыл бұрын
*_I KNOW THIS FROM WATCHING RICK AND MORTY_*
@Jordan_Dossou
5 жыл бұрын
@@ben10inches I know this from wildkratts
This is so cool!
Thank you
Finally scientists have found an other source of alternative energy
Kid: ”Mom! I want a pikachu!” Mom: “ We have pikachu at home, honey” Pikachu at home:
@Mhats
3 жыл бұрын
do you even pokemon bro?
I loved this one!!! Very electrifying!!!
One of the greatest Biological videos I've seen ✌️✌️