Electric Eels Make Leaping Attacks

Vanderbilt biologist Kenneth Catania has discovered that electric eels make leaping attacks that dramatically increase the strength of the electric shocks they deliver and, in so doing, has confirmed a 200-year-old observation by famous 19th century explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Follow Vanderbilt on Twitter: , on Instagram: and on Facebook: See all Vanderbilt social media at http://socia