BreakingNews·190914 - 亞馬遜發(fā)現(xiàn)世界上最帶電的鰻魚

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

科學(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種真正令人震驚的電鰻新品種。事實上，它是世界上最令人震驚的生物。這條新鰻魚是在亞馬遜河流域發(fā)現(xiàn)的。它能夠給人電擊，電擊強度幾乎是美國家庭墻上插座的8倍。這條鰻魚長2.4米，重45公斤，能發(fā)出860伏的電擊。美國家庭的電器只需要110伏特的電。鰻魚有足夠的能量使人受到嚴(yán)重的電擊。有可能是電擊致死。科學(xué)家在《自然通訊》雜志上寫道，鰻魚是“最強大的生物發(fā)電機”。

Scientists have named the new eel Electrophorus voltai. The team of researchers actually found two new species of electric eel, but Electrophorus voltai is grabbing the headlines because of its electrical power. Up until the two recent discoveries, scientists believed there was only one electric eel in existence. Lead researcher Dr David de Santana said he would not be surprised to find more new species. He wrote: "If you can discover a new 2.4m-long fish after 250 years of exploration, can you imagine what remains to be 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 remain to be discovered in nature."

科學(xué)家們給這種新的鰻魚命名為沃爾特電鰻。研究小組實際上發(fā)現(xiàn)了兩種新的電鰻物種，但由于電鰻的電能，它正成為頭條新聞。直到最近的兩項發(fā)現(xiàn)，科學(xué)家們相信只有一條電鰻存在。首席研究員戴維德桑塔納博士說，他不會驚訝于發(fā)現(xiàn)更多的新物種。他寫道：“如果經(jīng)過250年的勘探，你能發(fā)現(xiàn)一條長2.4米的新型魚，能想象在那一地區(qū)還有什么有待發(fā)現(xiàn)的嗎?”他補充道：“在亞馬遜河流域的發(fā)現(xiàn)……是地球生物多樣性的熱點之一，這暗示了自然界中仍有大量物種有待發(fā)現(xiàn)。”