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New on Weird & Wild: Electric Animals

Electric eel. Photo: Christine Schmidt, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license.Certain animals have evolved an astounding sensory ability: some species can detect naturally occurring electric fields, while others can produce their own electricity. These animals include, fish, insects, and even one very unusual mammal. Meet the electric animals and see how they use their electric abilties in my latest post at National Geographic's Weird & Wild blog: The Shocking Truth About Electric Animals.