Electric eels remote-control nervous systems of prey
Predators can force a hidden fish to twitch and betray its hiding place
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WHO’S IN CHARGE An electric eel’s high-voltage bursts take control of the nervous system of nearby prey and make muscles do the eel’s bidding.
K. Catania