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r/softscience•

First off, I'm talking about this article.

Using an electric eel to light a Christmas tree, or provide any electricity at all, is not eco-friendly. The only reason it's even remotely efficient for the aquarium is because owning the eel has value to them outside of the fact that it's providing electricity.

The electricity generated by an eel is a predatory device it uses to stun prey it's going to eat. It is by no means a primary function of the eel, and the electricity it generates is secondary to more important forms of energy usage that keep it alive and moving. So besides electrical generation, the eel has to consume food to keep i

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r/JapaneseFood•

Are they edible or not? I always thought you weren't supposed to eat them because they can get stuck in your throat, but this thing was riddled with them. And they're really thin and tiny, not like fish bones. Help?

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