Merry Christmas from Japan – Electric Eel Powers Christmas Lights

An electric eel is giving the power to light Christmas lights on a tree at the Aqua Toto Gifu aquarium.

Un-creatively named the 'eel Christmas tree' Sparky is likely to be happy to not be on somebody's bowl of rice, yet. Unagi don is quite popular year round.

Dating couples find the attraction popular. They don't get much charge out of one another we might suppose.

There is a copper wire in the tank. Each time the eel touches it, a nearby tree

lights up its globe.

Eels can't see where they are going so they use the shock to protect themselves.

Still, you can find them in sushi and on other Christmas plates.

Do you like eel? 

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