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The electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, is not a true eel but rather a species of knifefish.
Just Shocking! 2008
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Scientists from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have described a new species of brown, banded electric knifefish from the upper Juruá River drainage in southeastern Peru.
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Scientists from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have described a new species of brown, banded electric knifefish from the upper Juruá River drainage in southeastern Peru.
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Rounding out the top 10 list are a banded knifefish - a charismatic plant that produces insect-trapping pitchers the size of an American football, and an edible yam that uncharacteristically sports multiple lobes instead of just one.
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A one-time college baseball player and criminal justice graduate, knifefish realized about midway through the year that, suprise, surprise, he was on track for a Supernova Elite finish.
mirror.co.uk - Home 2010
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Rounding out the top 10 list were a banded knifefish, a charismatic plant that produces insect-trapping pitchers the size of an American football, a two-inch mushroom, and an edible yam found in Madagascar that has multiple lobes instead of just one.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Scientists from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have described a new species of brown, banded electric knifefish from the upper Juruá River drainage in southeastern Peru.
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"The knifefish has a ventral fin that runs the length of its body and makes a wave in the water that enables it to easily swim backwards or forwards in the water," said
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To allow more room for cameras and other electronics, Megill's team took cues from the knifefish, which keeps its body rigid to sense electric currents in the water.
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Dr William Megill, Lecturer in Biomimetics at the University of Bath, said: "Gymnobot mimics this [knifefish] fin and creates a wave in the water that drives it forwards.
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