Eels are able to generate current with biological cells

Last updated: 6/24/2023

Eels are able to generate current with biological cells called electroplaques The electroplaques in an eel are arranged in 100 rows each row stretching horizontally along the body of the fish containing 5000 electroplaques The arrangement is suggestively shown below Each electroplaques has an emf of 0 15 V and internal resistance of 0 252 0 15 V Fwwwwwwwww 0 250 Fwwwwwwwww 5000 electroplaques per row a 1 5 A c 15 A Fwwwwwwwww 50002 The water surrounding the eel completes a circuit between the head and its tail If the water surrounding it has a resistance of 5002 the current an eel can produce in water is about 100 rows b 3 0 A d 30 A