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Scientists have a new species of electric eel that truly shocking. In fact, it is the most shocking creature in the world. The new eel was in the Amazon. It is capable of someone an electric shock that is nearly eight times stronger than the electricity in the wall socket of an American home. The eel is 2.4 meters long, weighs 45kgs, and can a shock of 860 volts. Appliances in American homes just 110 volts of electricity. The eel has enough power to a human a severe electric shock. It is possible the shock could a human. The scientists in the journal Nature Communications that the eel is "the strongest living bio-electricity generator".

Scientists have the new eel Electrophorus voltai. The team of researchers actually two new species of electric eel, but Electrophorus voltai is the headlines because of its electrical power. Up until the two recent discoveries, scientists there was only one electric eel in existence. Lead researcher Dr David de Santana said he would not surprised to more new species. He wrote: "If you can a new 2.4m-long fish after 250 years of exploration, can you what remains to discovered in that region?" He added: "The discovery...in Amazonia, one of the planet's biodiversity hot spots, is suggestive of the vast amount of species that to be discovered in nature."