In Sandy, Utah, the "Living Planet Aquarium" puts their animals to the task! Seeming as Christmas is coming up, they thought they'd spend a little less on their electricity bill this year. They put their eels to the task and they light the christmas tree up with their power! The project manager, Terry Smith, hooked the little five foot christmas tree lights up into the tank. The lights flash intermediately, and not constantly.Eels can "discharge specialized cells called electrocytes simultaneously to create a 600-volt electric charge equal to about five times the power of a standard U.S. wall socket." Now visitors can see the electricity being put into another object to power it and see it happening! This great display will be open now through December 31st.
UPI.com Electric Eels Power Christmas Tree!
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