Electric eels' secret weapon: Curl before shocking prey

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Electric eels' secret weapon: Curl before shocking prey,
October 29, 2015,
By Lonnie Shekhtman, Staff,
The Christian Monitor,

Young eels curl into a horseshoe shape to double their shock value when incapacitating large, unwieldy prey, according to a Vanderbilt University experiment.