Anyone come across an electric eel while diving?

[Mustangfreak]

If so, did it send off a current?:06:

 

[Scuba Brad]

I found an electric iron once...........does that count?

Happy Diving

 

[captain]

I found one but the batterys were dead.

 

[**ping**]

As far as I know, electric eels are south american freshwater fish that can be found in the amazon basin and the big s.a. rivers like the Orinoco.

Chances are really slim to encounter one while diving since they prefer muddy slow-moving waters... fat chance that you ever will be diving there

 

[Vie]

Anyone come across an electric eel while diving?

I don't think many people go diving in the basins of the Amazon or Orinoco River (or surrounding areas).

 

[_Bella_]

my dive buddy was shocked by an electric ray once, does that count?

 

[Storm]

As far as I know, electric eels are south american freshwater fish that can be found in the amazon basin and the big s.a. rivers like the Orinoco.

Chances are really slim to encounter one while diving since they prefer muddy slow-moving waters... fat chance that you ever will be diving there

You are quite correct

Here's a link

http://www.aquariumofniagara.org/aquarium/electric_eel.htm


Cheer!

Storm

 

[Mr.X]

We had several in the aquarium and the eels looked forward to trying to give us aquarists a jolt. Seriously. For some reason, they looked for any opportunity to zap one of us. Evil fish.


Much like the comment above I know of a knucklehead who touched a large torpedo ray in Catalina. The result left the diver immobile and with the reg. out of his mouth. He had to be helped to the surface. Ouch. X

 

[isurus]

as with others, no eels (haven't dived the amazon (yet)) but a few torpedo rays

rays that look like this are best treated to a fairly wide birth

 

[Allison Finch]

Know a guy that was so intrigued by the "trustful" nature of a torpedo ray that he grabbed it. BOY!!! Was he shocked (pun intended) I laughed so hard I used 500 lbs of air. It took him a while to realize what happened.